Roy Andersson

83, from Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Artwork for Being Bo WiderbergImage of Roy Andersson

Biography

Roy Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story (1970) and Songs from the Second Floor (2000). More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style – a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and Felliniesque grotesque. He has spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films, but only directing four feature-length films in three decades.

Timeline

2025Aged 82

  • Poster for Being Bo Widerberg

    Self

2024Aged 81

  • Poster for The Andersson Brothers

    Self

2023Aged 80

  • Poster for Roy Andersson's People

    Self

2021Aged 78

  • Poster for The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

    Thanks

2020Aged 77

  • Poster for Året var 1970

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Being a Human Person

    Self

2019Aged 76

  • Poster for About Endlessness

    Editor

2018Aged 75

  • Poster for Bergman: A Year in a Life

    Self

2017Aged 74

  • Poster for Citizen Schein

    Self

2014Aged 71

  • Poster for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    Screenplay

2012Aged 69

  • Poster for Room 1112

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can!

    Himself

  • Poster for Palme

    Self

2011Aged 68

  • Poster for Tomorrow's Another Day

    Himself

2007Aged 64

  • Poster for You, the Living

    Screenplay

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

    Director

2006Aged 63

  • Poster for Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Director

2004Aged 61

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

    Self

2001Aged 58

  • Poster for You Do the Best You Can

    Self

2000Aged 57

  • Poster for Obsessions from the Second Floor

    Self

  • Poster for The Greatness of the Small Man

    Self

  • Poster for Songs from the Second Floor

    Editor

1998Aged 55

  • Poster for Life at Any Cost

    Himself

1991Aged 48

  • Poster for World of Glory

    Screenplay

1987Aged 44

  • Poster for Something Has Happened

    Editor

1985Aged 42

  • Poster for Jonny Roova

    Producer

1979Aged 36

1975Aged 32

  • Poster for Giliap

    Editor

1970Aged 27

  • Poster for A Swedish Love Story

    Writer

1969Aged 26

  • Poster for Adalen 31

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Saturday October 5th

    Writer

1968Aged 25

  • Poster for To Fetch a Bike

    Director

  • Poster for The White Game

    Director

1967Aged 24

  • Poster for Visiting One's Son

    Director