Roy Andersson
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
March 31, 1943 (83 years)
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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2019 | About Endlessness · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | You, the Living · as Screenplay |
| 2000 | Songs from the Second Floor · as Screenplay |
| 1991 | World of Glory · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 |
| 2025 | Being Bo Widerberg · as Self |
| 2024 | The Andersson Brothers · as Self |
| 2020 | Being a Human Person · as Self |
| 2018 | Bergman – ett liv i fyra akter · as Self |
| 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a Life · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2017 | Citizen Schein · as Self |
| 2015 | The 2015 European Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2012 | Palme · as Self |
| 2012 | Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! · as Himself |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey · as Self - IntervieweeOn Plex |
| 2011 | Tomorrow's Another Day · as Himself |
| 2009 | Skavlan · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Refränger från källaren · as Self |
| 1998 | Liv till varje pris · as Himself |
| 1996 | Sen Kväll Med Luuk · as Self |
| 1995 | Metropolis · as Self |
| 1992 | TV4 Nyhetsmorgon · as Self - Premiere In Cannes Film Festival May 2000 |
| 1980 | Here Is Your Life · as Self |
| 2012 |
| 1969 | Adalen 31 · as Assistant Director |
| 1968 | Den vita sporten · as Director Of Photography |