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Roy Andersson
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Being Bo Widerberg — Self2025
- The Andersson Brothers — Self2024
- Roy Andersson's People — Self2023
- Being a Human Person — Self2020
- Året var 1970 — Self (archive footage)2020
- Bergman: A Year in a Life — Self2018
- Citizen Schein — Self2017
- Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can! — Himself2012
- Room 11122012
- Palme — Self2012
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Andersson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Gothenburg
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Lund University
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- 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
- Commons category
- Roy Andersson
- name in native language
- Roy Andersson
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Roy Andersson
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