FILM DIRECTOR

Roy Andersson

1943 - Today

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Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Andersson has received more than 607,152 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Andersson is the 172nd most popular film director (down from 123rd in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Film Director.

Roy Andersson is a Swedish filmmaker who is most famous for his films "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" and "Songs from the Second Floor."

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roy Andersson ranks 172 out of 2,041. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi, Joel Schumacher, Abel Gance, István Szabó, Max Ophüls, and Guillermo del Toro. After him are Genndy Tartakovsky, Nagisa Oshima, Jacques Rivette, Gordon Parks, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Jerzy Skolimowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Roy Andersson ranks 78. Before him are Jerry Bruckheimer, Antonio Inoki, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Yohji Yamamoto, David Soul, and Arthur Ashe. After him are Joni Mitchell, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Chantal Mouffe, Sam Shepard, John Denver, and Piet Keizer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Roy Andersson ranks 139 out of 1,879. Before him are Alexander Roslin (1718), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), Sverker I of Sweden (1100), Stenkil (1030), Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), and Birgit Nilsson (1918). After him are Erland Josephson (1923), Carin Göring (1888), Johannes Rydberg (1854), Canute I of Sweden (1150), Eric XI of Sweden (1216), and Basshunter (1984).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Roy Andersson ranks 4. Before him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), Lasse Hallström (1946), and Victor Sjöström (1879). After him are Sven Nykvist (1922), Bo Widerberg (1930), Alf Sjöberg (1903), Jan Troell (1931), Vilgot Sjöman (1924), Ruben Östlund (1974), Olle Hellbom (1925), and Hasse Ekman (1915).

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