Roy Andersson

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1943-03-31
BirthplaceGothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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).

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Filmography

Acting (17)

Production & Directing (38)

2019
6.5
2019
6.5
6.5
10.0
2009
10.0
2007
7.1
2007
You, the LivingScreenplay
7.1
1991
7.1
1991
World of GloryScreenplay
7.1
7.3
1985
Jonny RoovaProducer
8.0
1975
GiliapDirector
5.6
1975
GiliapWriter
5.6
1975
GiliapEditor
5.6
7.0
5.5
1969
Adalen 31Assistant Director
6.6
1968
The White GameDirector of Photography
7.1
1968
7.1
1968
4.5
1968
4.5
1967
5.6