Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Directing

Born March 31, 1943 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

17 films as director · Active 1967–2019

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 tak…

Known for

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018

Being Bo Widerberg

Being Bo Widerberg

2025

Palme

Palme

2012

Room 1112

Room 1112

2012

Roy Andersson's People

Roy Andersson's People

2023

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

2004

Citizen Schein

Citizen Schein

2017

Life at Any Cost

Life at Any Cost

1998

Directed(17)

About Endlessness

2019About Endlessness★ 6.5

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

2014A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence★ 6.8

5 x Roy Andersson

20095 x Roy Andersson★ 10.0

You, the Living

2007You, the Living★ 7.1

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)★ 6.0

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)★ 6.0

Songs from the Second Floor

2000Songs from the Second Floor★ 7.1

One Morning All Over the World

2000One Morning All Over the World★ 4.7

World of Glory

1991World of Glory★ 7.1

Something Has Happened

1987Something Has Happened★ 7.2

1979So Terribly Unnecessary

Giliap

1975Giliap★ 5.5

A Swedish Love Story

1970A Swedish Love Story★ 7.0

Saturday October 5th

1969Saturday October 5th★ 5.5

To Fetch a Bike

1968To Fetch a Bike★ 4.5

The White Game

1968The White Game★ 7.1

Visiting One's Son

1967Visiting One's Son★ 5.6

Acting(17)

2025Being Bo WiderbergSelf

2024The Andersson BrothersSelf

2023Roy Andersson's PeopleSelf

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2020Being a Human PersonSelf

2020Året var 1970Self (archive footage)

2018Bergman: A Year in a LifeSelf

2017Citizen ScheinSelf

2012Lev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!Himself

2011Tomorrow's Another DayHimself

2009På genomresa - en intervju med Roy AnderssonHimself

2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the RoofSelf

2001You Do the Best You CanSelf

2000The Greatness of the Small ManSelf

2000Obsessions from the Second FloorSelf

1998Life at Any CostHimself