Roy Andersson
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Roy Andersson

Mar 31, 1943 - Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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).

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Movie2018Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf
Movie2001You Do the Best You CanSelf
Movie2000Obsessions du deuxième étageSelf
Movie2000The Greatness of the Small ManSelf
Movie1998Life at Any CostHimself
Movie2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the RoofSelf
Movie2011Tomorrow's Another DayHimself
Movie2012Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!Himself
Movie2024The Andersson BrothersSelf
Movie2012Room 1112
Movie2017Citizen ScheinSelf
Movie2009På genomresa - en intervju med Roy AnderssonHimself
Movie2020Being a Human PersonSelf
Movie2020Året var 1970Self (archive footage)
Movie2012PalmeSelf
Movie2025Bo Being Bo WiderbergSelf

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Movie2007You, the LivingDirectorDirecting
Movie2007You, the LivingScreenplayWriting
Movie1970A Swedish Love StoryDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Something Has HappenedEditorEditing
Movie2000Songs from the Second FloorScreenplayWriting
Movie2000Songs from the Second FloorDirectorDirecting
Movie1991World of GloryDirectorDirecting
Movie1975GiliapWriterWriting
Movie1975GiliapDirectorDirecting
Movie1975GiliapEditorEditing
Movie1987Something Has HappenedDirectorDirecting
Movie1987Something Has HappenedWriterWriting
Movie2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceDirectorDirecting
Movie1969Saturday October 5thDirectorDirecting
Movie1968To Fetch a BikeDirectorDirecting
Movie1968To Fetch a BikeWriterWriting
Movie1967Visiting One's SonDirectorDirecting
Movie1979So Terribly UnnecessaryProducerProduction
Movie1979So Terribly UnnecessaryDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Why Should We Care About Each Other?DirectorDirecting
Movie1969Saturday October 5thEditorEditing
Movie1969Saturday October 5thWriterWriting
Movie1968The White MatchDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceScreenplayWriting
Movie1970A Swedish Love StoryWriterWriting
Movie1969Adalen 31Assistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1968The White MatchDirectorDirecting
Movie2019About EndlessnessScreenplayWriting
Movie1985Jonny RoovaProducerProduction
Movie2019About EndlessnessDirectorDirecting
Movie2000Songs from the Second FloorEditorEditing
Movie2000Songs from the Second FloorProducerProduction
Movie20095 x Roy AnderssonWriterWriting
Movie20095 x Roy AnderssonDirectorDirecting
Movie2000One Morning All Over the WorldDirectorDirecting
Movie2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)DirectorDirecting
Movie2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)DirectorDirecting
Movie2021The Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldThanksCrew
Movie1991World of GloryScreenplayWriting
Movie2019About EndlessnessEditorEditing