
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 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
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Films
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TV Shows
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Crew Credits
Known For
12 Credits
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018

Palme
as Self
2012

Being Bo Widerberg
as Self
2025

You Do the Best You Can
as Self
2001

Room 1112
2012

Året var 1970
as Self (archive footage)
2020

Citizen Schein
as Self
2017

The Andersson Brothers
as Self
2024

Roy Andersson's People
as Self
2023

Being a Human Person
as Self
2020

Tomorrow's Another Day
as Himself
2011

The Greatness of the Small Man
as Self
2000
Behind the Camera
18 Credits
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
2007

A Swedish Love Story
Director, Writer
1970

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director
2014

Songs from the Second Floor
Director, Producer
2000

About Endlessness
Director
2019

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
2006

You, the Living
Director
2007

One Morning All Over the World
Director
2000

Giliap
Director, Writer
1975

Something Has Happened
Director, Writer
1987

The White Game
Director
1968

World of Glory
Director
1991