Roy Andersson
Director · Actor · WriterRoy 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
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR17
Being Bo Widerberg
2025
Self
The Andersson Brothers
2024
Self
Roy Andersson's People
2023
Self
Being a Human Person
2020
Self
Året var 1970
2020
Self (archive footage)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
Self
Citizen Schein
2017
Self
- Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!
Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!
2012
Himself
Room 1112
2012
Palme
2012
Self
Tomorrow's Another Day
2011
Himself
- På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
2009
Himself
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
2004
Self
You Do the Best You Can
2001
Self
Obsessions from the Second Floor
2000
Self
The Greatness of the Small Man
2000
Self
Life at Any Cost
1998
Himself
DIRECTOR18
About Endlessness
2019
Director
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014
Director
5 x Roy Andersson
2009
Director
You, the Living
2007
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006
Director
Songs from the Second Floor
2000
Director
One Morning All Over the World
2000
Director
World of Glory
1991
Director
Something Has Happened
1987
Director
- So Terribly Unnecessary
So Terribly Unnecessary
1979
Director
Giliap
1975
Director
A Swedish Love Story
1970
Director
Saturday October 5th
1969
Director
Adalen 31
1969
Assistant Director
To Fetch a Bike
1968
Director
The White Game
1968
Director
Visiting One's Son
1967
Director
WRITER11
About Endlessness
2019
Screenplay
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014
Screenplay
5 x Roy Andersson
2009
Writer
You, the Living
2007
Screenplay
Songs from the Second Floor
2000
Screenplay
World of Glory
1991
Screenplay
Something Has Happened
1987
Writer
Giliap
1975
Writer
A Swedish Love Story
1970
Writer
Saturday October 5th
1969
Writer
To Fetch a Bike
1968
Writer
