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Home/People/Roy Andersson
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Born
Mar 31, 1943
Age 83
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

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Directed
Also Known As
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Roy Arne Lennart Andersson
IMDb Profile

Roy Andersson

Directing

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
Being Bo Widerberg poster

Being Bo Widerberg

as Self
2025
The Andersson Brothers poster

The Andersson Brothers

as Self
2024
Roy Andersson's People poster

Roy Andersson's People

as Self
2023
Being a Human Person poster

Being a Human Person

as Self
2020
Året var 1970 poster

Året var 1970

as Self (archive footage)
2020
Bergman: A Year in a Life poster

Bergman: A Year in a Life

as Self
2018
Citizen Schein poster

Citizen Schein

as Self
2017
Palme poster

Palme

as Self
2012
Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! poster

Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!

as Himself
2012
Room 1112 poster

Room 1112

Cast
2012
Tomorrow's Another Day poster

Tomorrow's Another Day

as Himself
2011
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson poster

På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson

as Himself
2009
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof poster

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

as Self
2004
You Do the Best You Can poster

You Do the Best You Can

as Self
2001
The Greatness of the Small Man poster

The Greatness of the Small Man

as Self
2000
Obsessions du deuxième étage poster

Obsessions du deuxième étage

as Self
2000
Life at Any Cost poster

Life at Any Cost

as Himself
1998