Roy Andersson
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-03-31 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Bo Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
(2024)
The Andersson Brothers
as Self
(2020)
Being a Human Person
as Self
(2020)
Året var 1970
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2017)
Citizen Schein
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Palme
as Self
(2011)
Tomorrow's Another Day
as Himself
(2009)
(2004)
(2001)
You Do the Best You Can
as Self
(2000)
Obsessions du deuxième étage
as Self
(2000)
(1998)
Life at Any Cost
as Himself
Crew
(2021)
(2019)
About Endlessness
Screenplay, Director, Editor
(2014)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director, Screenplay
(2009)
5 x Roy Andersson
Writer, Director
(2007)
You, the Living
Director, Screenplay
(2007)
(2006)
(2000)
Songs from the Second Floor
Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer
(2000)
One Morning All Over the World
Director
(1991)
World of Glory
Director, Screenplay
(1988)
Felix Potato Strips
Director
(1987)
Something Has Happened
Editor, Director, Writer
(1987)
Preppens - Paret
Director
(1985)
(1985)
Lotto - The Family
Director
(1985)
HSB - Spjälsängen
Director
(1985)
Jonny Roova
Producer
(1982)
Trygg-Hansa - Bröllopet
Director
(1981)
(1979)
So Terribly Unnecessary
Producer, Director
(1979)
Fazer - The Bus
Director
(1977)
Trygg-Hansa - Glasrutan
Director
(1975)
Giliap
Writer, Director, Editor
(1970)
A Swedish Love Story
Director, Writer
(1969)
Saturday October 5th
Director, Editor, Writer
(1969)
Adalen 31
Assistant Director
(1968)
To Fetch a Bike
Director, Writer
(1968)
The White Match
Director of Photography, Director
(1967)
Visiting One's Son
Director