Mads K. Baekkevold

Biography

Mads K. Baekkevold is an interdisciplinary Norwegian filmmaker with a body of work spanning horror, documentaries, animation, commercials, and more. His career began in Singapore, where he spent a decade working in the Southeast Asian film industry. He's currently based in the Pacific Northwest, working as a freelance director, editor, and writer.

In addition to his work as a Cannes Lions-awarded commercial director, Mads has undertaken an eclectic mix of international projects, such as Still Space (a documentary on the modern art scene in Macau), his award-winning short film Chamber of Ox (an anthology segment exploring the concept of hell in Buddhism), a series of four short pan-Asian hor...