Andrea Bussmann was born in Toronto, Canada. She earned a MA in Social Anthropology and a MFA in Film Production. After completing her degrees, she directed He Whose Face Gives No Light. In 2016, she co-directed Tales of Two Who Dreamt, which premiered at the Berlinale Forum. The film was awarded the best documentary at the Festival International de Films de Femmes in 2017. Her film Fausto, which premiered in 2018 at the Locarno International Film Festival, made its North American premiere at TIFF. The film won the Best Latin Feature at The Mar del Plata International Film Festival. She was awarded the Discovery Award by The Directors Guild of Canada in 2018.