Anderson was born and attended school in Dingwall, Scottish Highlands.
Watching adult themed animations such as South Park created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker sparked an interest in this genre and, using an old camera that belonged to his dad, he created his own short film clip which inspired him to apply to Edinburgh College of Art.
[1] He attended Edinburgh College of Art after leaving school in 2007, graduating in 2011 with a BA in animation.
[3][4][5][6][7] Together with Ainslie Henderson, he created White Robot.
Specialising in design & character animation for film and television, he works from a studio in Summerhall, Edinburgh.