Roy Andersson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 31 March 1943 · 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
Known for
Acting 17
- 2025Being Bo Widerberg as Self
- 2024The Andersson Brothers as Self
- 2023Roy Andersson's People as Self
- 2020Being a Human Person as Self
- 2020Året var 1970 as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2017Citizen Schein as Self
- 2012Palme as Self
- 2012Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! as Himself
- 2012Room 1112
- 2011Tomorrow's Another Day as Himself
- 2009På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson as Himself
- 2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof as Self
- 2001You Do the Best You Can as Self
- 2000The Greatness of the Small Man as Self
- 2000Obsessions du deuxième étage as Self
- 1998Life at Any Cost as Himself
crew 1
- 2021The Most Beautiful Boy in the World · thanks
Editing 5
- 2019About Endlessness · editor
- 2000Songs from the Second Floor · editor
- 1987Something Has Happened · editor
- 1975Giliap · editor
- 1969Saturday October 5th · editor
Writing 11
- 2019About Endlessness · screenplay
- 2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence · screenplay
- 20095 x Roy Andersson · writer
- 2007You, the Living · screenplay
- 2000Songs from the Second Floor · screenplay
- 1991World of Glory · screenplay
- 1987Something Has Happened · writer
- 1975Giliap · writer
- 1970A Swedish Love Story · writer
- 1969Saturday October 5th · writer
- 1968To Fetch a Bike · writer
Directing 19
- 2019About Endlessness · director
- 2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence · director
- 20095 x Roy Andersson · director
- 2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) · director
- 2007You, the Living · director
- 2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) · director
- 2000Songs from the Second Floor · director
- 2000One Morning All Over the World · director
- 1991World of Glory · director
- 1987Something Has Happened · director
- 1985Why Should We Care About Each Other? · director
- 1979So Terribly Unnecessary · director
- 1975Giliap · director
- 1970A Swedish Love Story · director
- 1969Saturday October 5th · director
- 1969Adalen 31 · assistant director
- 1968The White Game · director
- 1968To Fetch a Bike · director
- 1967Visiting One's Son · director
Production 3
- 2000Songs from the Second Floor · producer
- 1985Jonny Roova · producer
- 1979So Terribly Unnecessary · producer
Camera 1
- 1968The White Game · director of photography