Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
March 31, 1943 (82 years old)
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Also Known As
- 로이 앤더슨
- Roy Arne Lennart Andersson
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).
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Known For
Acting
Directing
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Thanks
2021
About Endlessness
Screenplay, Director, Editor
2019
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Director, Screenplay
2014
You, the Living
Director, Screenplay
2007
Songs from the Second Floor
Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer
2000
World of Glory
Director, Screenplay
1991
Something Has Happened
Editor, Director, Writer
1987
Giliap
Writer, Director, Editor
1975
A Swedish Love Story
Director, Writer
1970
Adalen 31
Assistant Director
1969