Roy Andersson

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-03-31 (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). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskinRead more

Movies & web series

5 x Roy Andersson

Obsessions du deuxième étage

Roy Andersson's People

Jonny Roova

Palme

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Being Bo Widerberg

You, the Living

Something Has Happened

Songs from the Second Floor

World of Glory

Room 1112

The Andersson Brothers

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

The White Game

A Swedish Love Story

About Endlessness

Life at Any Cost

Adalen 31

Citizen Schein

Tomorrow's Another Day

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

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Being a Human Person

Visiting One's Son

Giliap

Året var 1970

Saturday October 5th

One Morning All Over the World

To Fetch a Bike

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

På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson

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

You Do the Best You Can

The Greatness of the Small Man

So Terribly Unnecessary