Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson was born on 31 March 1943, in Gothenburg according to most sources. As a teenager he discovered De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, first wanted to write, then entered the film school of the Swedish Film Institute. After the failure of his second feature film in 1975, he devoted himself for twenty-five years to advertising, where he shot hundreds of often award-winning films, and in 1981 founded his own studio in Stockholm. Returning to feature films in 2000, he received, among other awards, the Golden Lion in Venice.

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• CinemaA Swedish Love StoryEn kärlekshistoriaRoy Andersson · 1970Cinema