Roy Andersson
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).

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About Endlessness (2019)
Screenplay | Director | Editor
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Director | Screenplay
5 x Roy Andersson (2009)
Director | Writer
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007)
Director
You, the Living (2007)
Director | Screenplay
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006)
Director
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Director | Screenplay | Producer | Editor
Something Has Happened (1993)
Director | Writer | Editor
World of Glory (1991)
Director | Screenplay
Lotto - Restaurangkök (1989)
Director
Preppens - Paret (1987)
Director
Why Should We Care About Each Other? (1985)
Director
Jonny Roova (1985)
Producer
Lotto - The Family (1985)
Director
HSB - Spjälsängen (1985)
Director
Trygg-Hansa - Bröllopet (1982)
Director
Fazer - Andjakt i vassen (1981)
Director
Fazer Bussen (1979)
Director
Trygg-Hansa - Glasrutan (1977)
Director
Giliap (1975)
Director | Writer | Editor
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Director | Writer
Saturday October 5th (1969)
Director | Editor | Writer
Adalen 31 (1969)
Assistant Director
To Fetch a Bike (1968)
Writer | Director
Visiting One's Son (1967)
Director