Max Andersson studied graphic design in Stockholm and film production at New York University. Animated films to his directorial credit include One Hundred Years (1984), Ingen kommentar (1987), and Sayonara (2017). He has authored several graphic novels, which have been translated in many languages, including Pixy and Bosnian Flat Dog, the latter of which was the basis for the feature Tito on Ice (2012) co-directed with Helena Ahonen.