Directing

Roy Andersson

born 1943 · Directing

61.8avg grm
8titles
#1,114best rank
6honors
Ybest title · #1,114 on siteYou, the Living2007 · as Director74.3

Honors

6
2015European Film Award — Best Comedy
2010Lenin Award (Sweden)
2009Litteris et Artibus
2008Nordic Council Film Prize
2001honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg
Honors
  • 2015European Film Award — Best Comedy
  • 2010Lenin Award (Sweden)
  • 2009Litteris et Artibus
  • 2008Nordic Council Film Prize
  • 2001honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg
  • 2000Stig Dagerman Prize

Bio

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

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). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskin

Filmography

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2020s3 titlesBBeing Bo Widerberg2025 · as Self58.3AThe Andersson Brothers2024 · as Self58.4BBeing a Human Person2020 · as Self58.8
2010s1 titleCCitizen Schein2017 · as Self58.0
2000s2 titlesYYou, the Living2007 · as Director74.3SSongs from the Second Floor2000 · as Director73.3
1990s1 titleLLiv till varje pris1998 · as Self58.5
1970s1 titleAA Love Story1970 · as Director54.5

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Roy Andersson

R
born1943
known forDirecting
titles on site8
best title rank#1,114 · You, the Living (2007)
avg GRM61.8
honors6 · European Film Award — Best Comedy, 2015
Honors
  • 2015European Film Award — Best Comedy
  • 2010Lenin Award (Sweden)
  • 2009Litteris et Artibus
  • 2008Nordic Council Film Prize
  • 2001honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg
  • 2000Stig Dagerman Prize
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

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