Person

Roy Andersson

Directing · Born 1943-03-31 · 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). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskin

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  The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

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  A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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  About Endlessness

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  Being Bo Widerberg

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  You, the Living

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  Songs from the Second Floor

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  A Swedish Love Story

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  One Morning All Over the World

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  Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

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  Bergman: A Year in a Life

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