Roy Andersson
Directing
Born March 31, 1943 in 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).
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
The Andersson Brothers
Self
Roy Andersson's People
Self
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Being a Human Person
Self
Året var 1970
Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Citizen Schein
Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Palme
Self
Room 1112
Tomorrow's Another Day
Himself
5 x Roy Andersson
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
You, the Living
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
You Do the Best You Can
Self
The Greatness of the Small Man
Self
Songs from the Second Floor
Obsessions from the Second Floor
Self
One Morning All Over the World
Life at Any Cost
Himself
World of Glory
Something Has Happened
Jonny Roova
Giliap
A Swedish Love Story
Saturday October 5th
Adalen 31
The White Game
To Fetch a Bike
Visiting One's Son