Roy Andersson
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...
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
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014 · Director, Screenplay3.4
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World2021 · Thanks3.7ActuallyLike
Songs from the Second Floor2000 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor3.5
You, the Living2007 · Director, Screenplay3.6
About Endlessness2019 · Screenplay, Director, Editor3.3ActuallyLike
A Swedish Love Story1970 · Director, Writer3.5
World of Glory1991 · Director, Screenplay3.6
Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · Self3.7ActuallyLike pages
Cast credits
Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · Self3.7
Palme2012 · Self3.8
Being Bo Widerberg2025 · Self4.0
Room 11122012 · Cast3.5
Obsessions from the Second Floor2000 · Self4.5
Being a Human Person2020 · Self2.9
Roy Andersson's People2023 · Self4.0
Life at Any Cost1998 · Himself3.4
The Andersson Brothers2024 · Self3.4
Citizen Schein2017 · Self3.0
Tomorrow's Another Day2011 · Himself3.0
Året var 19702020 · Self (archive footage)2.5
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof2004 · Self
You Do the Best You Can2001 · Self
The Greatness of the Small Man2000 · SelfPPå genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson2009 · HimselfLLev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!2012 · HimselfCrew credits
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014 · Director, Screenplay3.4The Most Beautiful Boy in the World2021 · Thanks3.7ActuallyLikeSongs from the Second Floor2000 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor3.5You, the Living2007 · Director, Screenplay3.6About Endlessness2019 · Screenplay, Director, Editor3.3ActuallyLikeA Swedish Love Story1970 · Director, Writer3.5World of Glory1991 · Director, Screenplay3.6
Adalen 311969 · Assistant Director3.3
Something Has Happened1987 · Editor, Director, Writer3.6
5 x Roy Andersson2009 · Director, Writer5.0
Giliap1975 · Director, Writer, Editor2.8
The White Game1968 · Director of Photography, Director3.5
Visiting One's Son1967 · Director2.8
Saturday October 5th1969 · Director, Editor, Writer2.8
Jonny Roova1985 · Producer4.0
To Fetch a Bike1968 · Writer, Director2.3
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)2007 · Director3.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)2006 · Director3.0