Andersson is a Swedish director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Swedish Film Institute in 1968. After a few short films and the medium length
Saturday October 5th (Lördagen den 5.10, 1969) he made his first feature film
A Swedish Love Story (En kärlekshistoria, 1970), a story about two teenagers in love, which was popular with critics and audiences alike. His next film, the crime drama
Giliap (1975), was not well accepted by critics and it failed in theatres. Therefore, it was hard for the director to find producers for his next project and he turned to directing commercials. In 1981, he founded his own production house
Studio 24 for which he made all his later films: the short feature films
Something Happened (Någonting har hänt, 1987) and
World of Glory (Härlig är jorden, 1991), as well as feature dramas
Songs from the Second Floor (Sånger från andra våningen, 2000) and
You, the Living (Du levande, 2007).