Roy Andersson

Director

Born: March 31, 1943 (age 83)
From: 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…

Filmography (34)

Being Bo Widerberg (2025)
Self
The Andersson Brothers (2024)
Self
Roy Andersson's People (2023)
Self
Being a Human Person (2020)
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Året var 1970 (2020)
Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness (2019)
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Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
Self
Citizen Schein (2017)
Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
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Palme (2012)
Self
Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!
Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan! (2012)
Himself
Room 1112 (2012)
Tomorrow's Another Day (2011)
Himself
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson
På genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson (2009)
Himself
5 x Roy Andersson (2009)
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Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007)
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You, the Living (2007)
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Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006)
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With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof (2004)
Self
You Do the Best You Can (2001)
Self
The Greatness of the Small Man (2000)
Self
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
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One Morning All Over the World (2000)
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Obsessions from the Second Floor (2000)
Self
Life at Any Cost (1998)
Himself
World of Glory (1991)
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Something Has Happened (1987)
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So Terribly Unnecessary
So Terribly Unnecessary (1979)
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Giliap (1975)
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A Swedish Love Story (1970)
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