Lars von Trier once described Andersson as the only Palme d'Or competitor he truly fears.
Ingmar Bergman was his inspector at the film school in Sweden he attended.
Is a fan of Luis Bunuel, Vittoria De Sica, Federico Fellini and Samuel Beckett.
Finances his films by making commercials. He also spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials.
His most important source of inspiration is painting and its history, and photo history as well. Especially the expressionism they had in Germany between the two World Wars.
In 1975, he took a 25-year break from film directing.
Village Voice branded him the "slapstick Ingmar Bergman - wacky yet depressing".
Is the author of two books.
Andersson founded his own film studio, Studio 24, in 1981 when he bought the entire building at Sibyllegatan 24, Stockholm.
Born on exactly the same date as Oscar-winner Christopher Walken (of "The Deer Hunter" fame).