
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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Acting (12 movies)

Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018

You Do the Best You Can
2001

The Greatness of the Small Man
2000

Tomorrow's Another Day
2011

The Andersson Brothers
2024

Room 1112
2012

Citizen Schein
2017

Being a Human Person
2020

Året var 1970
2020

Palme
2012

Being Bo Widerberg
2025

Roy Andersson's People
2023
Directing (18 movies)

You, the Living
2007

A Swedish Love Story
1970

Songs from the Second Floor
2000

World of Glory
1991

Giliap
1975

Something Has Happened
1987

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014

Saturday October 5th
1969

To Fetch a Bike
1968

Visiting One's Son
1967
So Terribly Unnecessary
1979

Why Should We Care About Each Other?
1985

The White Match
1968

About Endlessness
2019

5 x Roy Andersson
2009

One Morning All Over the World
2000

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| To Fetch a Bike | 1968 | Writer |
| Saturday October 5th | 1969 | Writer |
| A Swedish Love Story | 1970 | Writer |
| Giliap | 1975 | Writer |
| So Terribly Unnecessary | 1979 | Producer |
| Jonny Roova | 1985 | Producer |
| Something Has Happened | 1987 | Writer |
| World of Glory | 1991 | Screenplay |
| Songs from the Second Floor | 2000 | Screenplay |
| Songs from the Second Floor | 2000 | Producer |
| You, the Living | 2007 | Screenplay |
| 5 x Roy Andersson | 2009 | Writer |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | 2014 | Screenplay |
| About Endlessness | 2019 | Screenplay |