Actor

Roy Andersson

Contemporaryb. 1943DocumentaryHistory

Cinematic Visionary

Also directed 17 films ↗Also wrote 11 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2025Being Bo WiderbergSelf7.0 2024The Andersson BrothersSelf6.7 2023Roy Andersson's PeopleSelf8.0 2020Being a Human PersonSelf5.7 2020Året var 1970Self (archive footage)5.0 2018Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf7.4

About

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

As Director

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2007You, the Living 1970A Swedish Love Story 2000Songs from the Second Floor 1991World of Glory 1975Giliap 1987Something Has Happened

As Screenwriter

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2007You, the Living 2000Songs from the Second Floor 1975Giliap 1987Something Has Happened 1968To Fetch a Bike 1969Saturday October 5th

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