Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 31, 1943
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Credits
36 titles
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
Known For
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
The Andersson Brothers
Self
Roy Andersson's People
Self
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Thanks
Being a Human Person
Self
Året var 1970
Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness
Screenplay
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Citizen Schein
Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director
Palme
Self
Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can!
Himself
Room 1112
Tomorrow's Another Day
Himself
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
Himself
5 x Roy Andersson
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
You, the Living
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
You Do the Best You Can
Self
The Greatness of the Small Man
Self
Songs from the Second Floor
Director
Obsessions from the Second Floor
Self
Life at Any Cost
Himself
World of Glory
Director
Something Has Happened
Editor
Jonny Roova
Producer
So Terribly Unnecessary
Director
Giliap
Director
A Swedish Love Story
Director
Saturday October 5th
Director
Adalen 31
Assistant Director
The White Game
Director of Photography
To Fetch a Bike
Writer
Visiting One's Son
Director