Roy Andersson

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 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

Directed

1. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) — Director
2. Songs from the Second Floor (2000) — Director
3. You, the Living (2007) — Director
4. About Endlessness (2019) — Director
5. A Swedish Love Story (1970) — Director
6. World of Glory (1991) — Director
7. Something Has Happened (1987) — Director
8. Giliap (1975) — Director
9. To Fetch a Bike (1968) — Director
10. Saturday October 5th (1969) — Director
11. Visiting One's Son (1967) — Director
12. The White Game (1968) — Director
13. 5 x Roy Andersson (2009) — Director
14. Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006) — Director
15. Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007) — Director
16. So Terribly Unnecessary (1979) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018) — Self
2. Palme (2012) — Self
3. Being a Human Person (2020) — Self
4. Room 1112 (2012)
5. Life at Any Cost (1998) — Himself
6. The Andersson Brothers (2024) — Self
7. Being Bo Widerberg (2025) — Self
8. Obsessions from the Second Floor (2000) — Self
9. Tomorrow's Another Day (2011) — Himself
10. Citizen Schein (2017) — Self
11. Året var 1970 (2020) — Self (archive footage)
12. Roy Andersson's People (2023) — Self
13. You Do the Best You Can (2001) — Self
14. The Greatness of the Small Man (2000) — Self
15. With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof (2004) — Self
16. Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! (2012) — Himself
17. På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson (2009) — Himself