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Roy Andersson

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 31, 1943 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Biography

Roy Arne Lennart Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdist humor and melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival. Andersson spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films; directing six feature-length films in six decades. He made his feature film debut with A Swedish Love Story (1970) followed by Giliap (1975). Anderson received the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for Songs from the Second Floor (2000). His film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) won the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion. He other notable films include You, the Living (2007), and About Endlessness (2019). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskin

Known For

Acting
2025Being Bo WiderbergSelf
2024The Andersson BrothersSelf
2023Roy Andersson's PeopleSelf
2020Being a Human PersonSelf
2020Året var 1970Self (archive footage)
2018Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf
2017Citizen ScheinSelf
2012Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!Himself
2012Room 1112
2012PalmeSelf
2011Tomorrow's Another DayHimself
2009På genomresa - en intervju med Roy AnderssonHimself
2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the RoofSelf
2001You Do the Best You CanSelf
2000Obsessions du deuxième étageSelf
2000The Greatness of the Small ManSelf
1998Life at Any CostHimself
Production
2000Songs from the Second FloorProducer
1985Jonny RoovaProducer
1979So Terribly UnnecessaryProducer
Directing
2019About EndlessnessDirector
2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceDirector
20095 x Roy AnderssonDirector
2007You, the LivingDirector
2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)Director
2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)Director
2000Songs from the Second FloorDirector
2000One Morning All Over the WorldDirector
1991World of GloryDirector
1987Something Has HappenedDirector
1979So Terribly UnnecessaryDirector
1975GiliapDirector
1970A Swedish Love StoryDirector
1969Saturday October 5thDirector
1969Adalen 31Assistant Director
1968To Fetch a BikeDirector
1968The White GameDirector
1967Visiting One's SonDirector
Writing
2019About EndlessnessScreenplay
2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceScreenplay
20095 x Roy AnderssonWriter
2007You, the LivingScreenplay
2000Songs from the Second FloorScreenplay
1991World of GloryScreenplay
1987Something Has HappenedWriter
1975GiliapWriter
1970A Swedish Love StoryWriter
1969Saturday October 5thWriter
1968To Fetch a BikeWriter
Crew
2021The Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldThanks