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Personal Info

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

2024

The Andersson Brothers as Self

2020

Being a Human Person as Self

Året var 1970 as Self (archive footage)

2018

Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self

2017

Citizen Schein as Self

2012

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

Palme as Self

2011

Tomorrow's Another Day as Himself

2009

På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson as Himself

2004

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

2001

You Do the Best You Can as Self

2000

Obsessions du deuxième étage as Self

The Greatness of the Small Man as Self

1998

Life at Any Cost as Himself

Directing

2019

About Endlessness as Director

2014

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence as Director

2009

5 x Roy Andersson as Director

2007

You, the Living as Director

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) as Director

2006

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) as Director

2000

Songs from the Second Floor as Director

One Morning All Over the World as Director

1991

World of Glory as Director

1988

Felix Potato Strips as Director

1987

Something Has Happened as Director

Preppens - Paret as Director

1985

Why Should We Care About Each Other? as Director

Lotto - The Family as Director

HSB - Spjälsängen as Director

1982

Trygg-Hansa - Bröllopet as Director

1981

Fazer - Duck Hunting in the Weeds as Director

1979

So Terribly Unnecessary as Director

Fazer - The Bus as Director

1977

Trygg-Hansa - Glasrutan as Director

1975

Giliap as Director

1970

A Swedish Love Story as Director

1969

Saturday October 5th as Director

Adalen 31 as Assistant Director

1968

To Fetch a Bike as Director

The White Match as Director

1967

Visiting One's Son as Director

Writing

2019

About Endlessness as Screenplay

2014

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence as Screenplay

2009

5 x Roy Andersson as Writer

2007

You, the Living as Screenplay

2000

Songs from the Second Floor as Screenplay

1991

World of Glory as Screenplay

1987

Something Has Happened as Writer

1975

Giliap as Writer

1970

A Swedish Love Story as Writer

1969

Saturday October 5th as Writer

1968

To Fetch a Bike as Writer

Editing

2019

About Endlessness as Editor

2000

Songs from the Second Floor as Editor

1987

Something Has Happened as Editor

1975

Giliap as Editor

1969

Saturday October 5th as Editor

Production

2000

Songs from the Second Floor as Producer

1985

Jonny Roova as Producer

1979

So Terribly Unnecessary as Producer

Camera

1968

The White Match as Director of Photography

Crew

2021

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World as Thanks