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Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Birthday: 1943-03-31 | Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
The Andersson Brothers

as    Self

2020
Being a Human Person

as    Self

2020
Året var 1970

as    Self (archive footage)

2017
Citizen Schein

as    Self

2011
Tomorrow's Another Day

as    Himself

2001
You Do the Best You Can

as    Self

2000
1998
Life at Any Cost

as    Himself