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Roy Andersson

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Mar 31, 1943(age: 83)
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Roy Andersson

Biography of 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

Roy Andersson has directed:

About Endlessness(2019)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence(2014)
5 x Roy Andersson(2009)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)(2007)
You, the Living(2007)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)(2006)
Songs from the Second Floor(2000)
One Morning All Over the World(2000)
World of Glory(1991)
Something Has Happened(1987)
So Terribly Unnecessary(1979)
Giliap(1975)
A Swedish Love Story(1970)
Saturday October 5th(1969)
The White Game(1968)
To Fetch a Bike(1968)
Visiting One's Son(1967)

Roy Andersson has acted in:

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

Additional credits for Roy Andersson:

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World(2021)(Thanks)
About Endlessness(2019)(Screenplay)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence(2014)(Screenplay)
5 x Roy Andersson(2009)(Writer)
You, the Living(2007)(Screenplay)
Songs from the Second Floor(2000)(Screenplay)
World of Glory(1991)(Screenplay)
Something Has Happened(1987)(Editor)
Jonny Roova(1985)(Producer)
So Terribly Unnecessary(1979)(Producer)
Giliap(1975)(Writer)
A Swedish Love Story(1970)(Writer)
Saturday October 5th(1969)(Editor)
Adalen 31(1969)(Assistant Director)
The White Game(1968)(Director of Photography)
To Fetch a Bike(1968)(Writer)

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