Andrew Kötting was born in Elmstead Woods. He trained at the Slade School of Art in London with Stuart Brisley, specialising in performance and film.

His thirty year oeuvre has moved from early live-art inflected, often absurdist performance pieces, through to darkly comic short films into the making of visually striking and structurally inventive enquiries into identity, belonging, history and notions of the folkloric. Until 2024, he has made nine independent feature films.

He presently resides by the sea in St Leonards and continues to collaborate with his daughter Eden on short films, performances and exhibitions and in 2023-2024 their touring VR Project The Tell Tale Rooms.