Roy Andersson
Directing
- Born
- March 31, 1943 (age 83) · 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).
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Known for
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
October 24, 2014
Songs from the Second Floor
October 6, 2000
You, the Living
September 21, 2007
About Endlessness
November 15, 2019
A Swedish Love Story
April 24, 1970
World of Glory
November 8, 1991
Adalen 31
May 1, 1969
Something Has Happened
March 27, 1987
Giliap
November 16, 1975
To Fetch a Bike
January 1, 1968
Saturday October 5th
October 10, 1969
Visiting One's Son
December 10, 1967
Behind the camera18
- 2019About Endlessness Screenplay, Director, Editor
- 2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Director, Screenplay
- 20095 x Roy Andersson Director, Writer
- 2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) Director
- 2007You, the Living Director, Screenplay
- 2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) Director
- 2000Songs from the Second Floor Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- 1991World of Glory Director, Screenplay
- 1987Something Has Happened Editor, Director, Writer