Roy Andersson
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday31 March 1943 (83 years old)
Place of birthGothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Known credits36
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…
Being Bo Widerberg
2025 · Self
The Andersson Brothers
2024 · Self
Roy Andersson's People
2023 · Self
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021 · Thanks
Being a Human Person
2020 · Self
Året var 1970
2020 · Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness
2019 · Screenplay
About Endlessness
2019 · Director
About Endlessness
2019 · Editor
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
Citizen Schein
2017 · Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 · Director
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 · Screenplay
Palme
2012 · Self
Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can!
2012 · Himself
Room 1112
2012
Tomorrow's Another Day
2011 · Himself
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
2009 · Himself
5 x Roy Andersson
2009 · Writer
5 x Roy Andersson
2009 · Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007 · Director
You, the Living
2007 · Director
You, the Living
2007 · Screenplay
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006 · Director
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
2004 · Self
You Do the Best You Can
2001 · Self
The Greatness of the Small Man
2000 · Self
Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · Screenplay
Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · Director
Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · Editor
Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · Producer
Obsessions from the Second Floor
2000 · Self
Life at Any Cost
1998 · Himself
World of Glory
1991 · Director
World of Glory
1991 · Screenplay
Something Has Happened
1987 · Editor
Something Has Happened
1987 · Writer
Something Has Happened
1987 · Director
Jonny Roova
1985 · Producer
So Terribly Unnecessary
1979 · Director
So Terribly Unnecessary
1979 · Producer
Giliap
1975 · Director
Giliap
1975 · Writer
Giliap
1975 · Editor
A Swedish Love Story
1970 · Director
A Swedish Love Story
1970 · Writer
Saturday October 5th
1969 · Director
Saturday October 5th
1969 · Editor
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