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Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Comedy · 2015
- Lenin Award (Sweden) · 2010
- Litteris et Artibus · 2009
- Nordic Council Film Prize · 2008
- honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg · 2001
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- Stig Dagerman Prize · 2000
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Comedy · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2007 · nominated
Filmography6 titles
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021Thanks
2021Thanks
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018as Self
2018as Self
Songs from the Second Floor
2000Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2000Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014Director, Screenplay
2014Director, Screenplay
Adalen 31
1969Assistant Director
1969Assistant Director
About Endlessness
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay
2019Director, Editor, Screenplay