Roy Andersson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 31, 1943
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg 2025
as Self
The Andersson Brothers 2024
as Self
Roy Andersson's People 2023
as Self
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 2021
Thanks
Being a Human Person 2020
as Self
Året var 1970 2020
as Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness 2019
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Bergman: A Year in a Life 2018
as Self
Citizen Schein 2017
as Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 2014
Director, Screenplay
Palme 2012
as Self
Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can! 2012
as Himself
Room 1112 2012
Actor
Tomorrow's Another Day 2011
as Himself
- På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson 2009
as Himself
5 x Roy Andersson 2009
Director, Writer
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) 2007
Director
You, the Living 2007
Director, Screenplay
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) 2006
Director
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof 2004
as Self
You Do the Best You Can 2001
as Self
The Greatness of the Small Man 2000
as Self
Songs from the Second Floor 2000
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Obsessions from the Second Floor 2000
as Self
Life at Any Cost 1998
as Himself
World of Glory 1991
Director, Screenplay
Something Has Happened 1987
Editor, Director, Writer
Jonny Roova 1985
Producer
- So Terribly Unnecessary
So Terribly Unnecessary 1979
Director, Producer
Giliap 1975
Director, Writer, Editor
A Swedish Love Story 1970
Director, Writer
Saturday October 5th 1969
Director, Editor, Writer
Adalen 31 1969
Assistant Director
The White Game 1968
Director of Photography, Director
To Fetch a Bike 1968
Writer, Director
Visiting One's Son 1967
Director
Credits from TMDB.