Roy Andersson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-03-31 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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 (197...

Production

2007

You, the Living

as Director

2007

You, the Living

as Screenplay

1970

1991

World of Glory

as Director

1975

Giliap

as Writer

1975

Giliap

as Director

1975

Giliap

as Editor

1987

1969

1968

To Fetch a Bike

as Director

1968

1967

1968

The White Match

as Director of Photography

1985

1985

1969

Adalen 31

as Assistant Director

1968

The White Match

as Director

2019

About Endlessness

as Screenplay

1979

Fazer - The Bus

as Director

1987

Preppens - Paret

as Director

1985

Jonny Roova

as Producer

2019

1988

2009

2009

1991

World of Glory

as Screenplay

2019

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