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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Personal Details

• Born: 1943-03-31 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
• Known For: Directing

Roy Andersson Movies List

Looking for Roy Andersson movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
• Palme (2012)
• Being a Human Person (2020)
• Room 1112 (2012)
• The Andersson Brothers (2024)
• Life at Any Cost (1998)
• Tomorrow's Another Day (2011)
• Citizen Schein (2017)
• Året var 1970 (2020)
• Being Bo Widerberg (2025)

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