Anders Nilsson

Writer · Director · Cast

Born

August 15, 1963

Birth name

Carl Anders Bertil Nilsson

Anders Nilsson is a writer, director, showrunner and editor from Sweden. In the 80's and 90's he also worked as a cinematographer and sound editor, sometimes under the pseudonyms of 'Andrew Nelson', 'Anthony Newton' or 'Andy Nelson'. In 1998 he created the character "Johan Falk" (a cop played by Jakob Eklund) who first appeared in the movie "Zero Tolerance". Between 1999 and 2015, Nilsson has been the showrunner on all 20 full length Johan Falk movies, of which he has directed 7. Johan Falk is Sweden's most popular film series.