Roy Andersson
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
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (38)
Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
2025
The Andersson Brothers
as Self
2024
Roy Andersson's People
as Self
2023
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Thanks (Crew)
2021
Being a Human Person
as Self
2020
Året var 1970
as Self (archive footage)
2020
About Endlessness
Screenplay (Writing)
2019
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
Citizen Schein
as Self
2017
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director (Directing)
2014
Palme
as Self
2012
Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!
as Himself
2012
Room 1112
2012
Tomorrow's Another Day
as Himself
2011
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
as Himself
2009
5 x Roy Andersson
Writer (Writing)
2009
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director (Directing)
2007
You, the Living
Director (Directing)
2007
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director (Directing)
2006
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
as Self
2004
You Do the Best You Can
as Self
2001
The Greatness of the Small Man
as Self
2000
Songs from the Second Floor
Screenplay (Writing)
2000
Obsessions du deuxième étage
as Self
2000
One Morning All Over the World
Director (Directing)
2000
Life at Any Cost
as Himself
1998
World of Glory
Director (Directing)
1991
Something Has Happened
Editor (Editing)
1987
Why Should We Care About Each Other?
Director (Directing)
1985
Jonny Roova
Producer (Production)
1985
So Terribly Unnecessary
Director (Directing)
1979
Giliap
Director (Directing)
1975
A Swedish Love Story
Director (Directing)
1970
Saturday October 5th
Director (Directing)
1969
Adalen 31
Assistant Director (Directing)
1969
The White Game
Director of Photography (Camera)
1968
To Fetch a Bike
Writer (Writing)
1968
Visiting One's Son
Director (Directing)
1967