Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Born 1943-03-31 (age 83) Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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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
Palme

2012

as Self

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Citizen Schein
Citizen Schein

2017

as Self

Room 1112
Being Bo Widerberg
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Life at Any Cost

1998

as Himself

Året var 1970
Året var 1970

2020

as Self (archive footage)

You Do the Best You Can
The Andersson Brothers
The Greatness of the Small Man
Being a Human Person
Roy Andersson's People
Tomorrow's Another Day
Tomorrow's Another Day

2011

as Himself