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Swedish film director and screenwriter

Person · Open Library

Born
1943
Works
2

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  • Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro
  • Vår tids rädsla för allvar

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1946-12-16
balladfolkmusicalpoprock

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Listeners
56
Total plays
680

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Key facts

Born
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson , ( 1943-03-31 ) 31 March 1943 (age 83) , Uddevalla , Sweden
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1967–present

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Official website
www.royandersson.com
Image
Roy Andersson in Aug 2014-3.jpg
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start of work period
1969-00-00
birth name
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson
date of birth
1943-03-31
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Roy Andersson
name in native language
Roy Andersson
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Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) 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. His other notable films include You, the Living (2007), and About Endlessness (2019).

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