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Roy Andersson

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

Et billede af Roy Andersson

Directing

1967

[ ] Visiting One's Son (Director)

1968

[ ] To Fetch a Bike (Director)
[ ] The White Game (Director)

1969

[ ] Saturday October 5th (Director)
[ ] Adalen 31 (Assistant Director)

1970

[ ] A Swedish Love Story (Director)

1975

[ ] Giliap (Director)

1979

[ ] So Terribly Unnecessary (Director)

1985

[ ] Why Should We Care About Each Other? (Director)

1987

[ ] Something Has Happened (Director)

1991

[ ] World of Glory (Director)

2000

[ W ] Songs from the Second Floor (Director)
[ ] One Morning All Over the World (Director)

2006

[ ] Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (Director)

2007

[ ] You, the Living (Director)
[ ] Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (Director)

2009

[ ] 5 x Roy Andersson (Director)

2014

[ ] A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Director)

2019

[ ] About Endlessness (Director)

Writing

1968

[ ] To Fetch a Bike (Writer)

1969

[ ] Saturday October 5th (Writer)

1970

[ ] A Swedish Love Story (Writer)

1975

[ ] Giliap (Writer)

1987

[ ] Something Has Happened (Writer)

1991

[ ] World of Glory (Screenplay)

2000

[ W ] Songs from the Second Floor (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] You, the Living (Screenplay)

2009

[ ] 5 x Roy Andersson (Writer)

2014

[ ] A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Screenplay)

2019

[ ] About Endlessness (Screenplay)

Editing

1969

[ ] Saturday October 5th (Editor)

1975

[ ] Giliap (Editor)

1987

[ ] Something Has Happened (Editor)

2000

[ W ] Songs from the Second Floor (Editor)

2019

[ ] About Endlessness (Editor)

Production

1979

[ ] So Terribly Unnecessary (Producer)

1985

[ ] Jonny Roova (Producer)

2000

[ W ] Songs from the Second Floor (Producer)

Camera

1968

[ ] The White Game (Director of Photography)

Crew

2021

[ 7/10 ] The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (Thanks)

Actor

1998

[ ] Life at Any Cost (Himself)

2000

[ ] Obsessions du deuxième étage (Self)
[ ] The Greatness of the Small Man (Self)

2001

[ ] You Do the Best You Can (Self)

2004

[ ] With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof (Self)

2009

[ ] På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson (Himself)

2011

[ ] Tomorrow's Another Day (Himself)

2012

[ ] Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! (Himself)
[ ] Room 1112 (????)
[ ] Palme (Self)

2017

[ ] Citizen Schein (Self)

2018

[ ] Bergman: A Year in a Life (Self)

2020

[ ] Being a Human Person (Self)
[ ] Året var 1970 (Self (archive footage))

2023

[ ] Roy Andersson's People (Self)

2024

[ ] The Andersson Brothers (Self)

2025

[ ] Being Bo Widerberg (Self)