Olsson is a Swedish director of photography, producer, director and screenwriter. He began his career in the 1970’s as a director of photography and worked on many feature and television films, series, videos and documentaries. He made his directing and screenwriting feature film debut with Blomstrande tider (1980). During the 1980’s he directed several other films and after a longer pause, his next film was Break Even (2005). He also directed and wrote the screenplay for a TV series. His last feature film is the drama Viskan Miracles (2015).