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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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24 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Being Bo Widerberg | Self | Film |
| 2020 | Being a Human Person | Self | Film |
| 2014 | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | Director | Film |
| 2012 | Palme | Self | Film |
| 2009 | 5 x Roy Andersson | Director | Film |
| 2009 | 5 x Roy Andersson | Writer | Film |
| 2007 | You, the Living | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Obsessions from the Second Floor | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Songs from the Second Floor | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Songs from the Second Floor | Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Life at Any Cost | Himself | Film |
| 1991 | World of Glory | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Something Has Happened | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Something Has Happened | Writer | Film |
| 1978 | VM-krönika 1978 | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1975 | Giliap | Director | Film |
| 1975 | Giliap | Writer | Film |
| 1970 | A Swedish Love Story | Director | Film |
| 1970 | A Swedish Love Story | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | Saturday October 5th | Director | Film |
| 1969 | Saturday October 5th | Writer | Film |
| 1968 | To Fetch a Bike | Director | Film |
| 1968 | To Fetch a Bike | Writer | Film |
| 1967 | Visiting One's Son | Director | Film |
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