Roy Andersson

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

15

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-03-31 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Also Known As

  • 로이 앤더슨
  • Roy Arne Lennart Andersson

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

Palme
7.6%

Palme

Sep 14, 2012

Being a Human Person
5.7%

Being a Human Person

Oct 16, 2020

Room 1112
6.9%

Room 1112

Feb 1, 2012

LaA
6.5%

Life at Any Cost

Aug 20, 1998

Tomorrow's Another Day
6.0%

Tomorrow's Another Day

May 26, 2011

The Andersson Brothers
8.0%

The Andersson Brothers

Aug 23, 2024

Citizen Schein
6.0%

Citizen Schein

Mar 10, 2017

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Camera

1968
The White Match as Director of Photography

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
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) as Director
2007
You, the Living as Director
2006
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) as Director
2000
Songs from the Second Floor as Director
2000
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
1987
Preppens - Paret as Director
1985
Why Should We Care About Each Other? as Director
1985
Lotto - The Family as Director
1985
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
1979
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
1969
Adalen 31 as Assistant Director
1968
The White Match as Director
1968
To Fetch a Bike as Director
1967
Visiting One's Son as Director

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

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
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