Director

Roy Andersson

Directing

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 45791

IMDb ID: nm0027815

Known for: Directing

Born: March 31, 1943

Age: 82

Place of birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 2025

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 6.94

Wikidata: Q703513

Also known as

로이 앤더슨 • Roy Arne Lennart Andersson

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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