Roy Andersson

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 featurelength 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 Festivals Golden Lion He other notable films include You the Living 2007 and About Endlessness 2019 Imdb Mini Bio By yusufpiskin