Mads K. Baekkevold

Directing

Mads K. Baekkevold

Born

1984-07-07 (42)

Place of birth

Levanger, Norway

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

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…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Chef & The Daruma poster
10.0

Visionary chef Hidekazu Tojo grapples with his life's struggle to make himself and his culinary creations palatable to a Western audience. He embarks on a journey of identity intertwined with the mythical presence of Daruma, a legendary monk from Japanese folklore - shaping a narrative that transcends borders, realities, and flavours.

The Chef & The Daruma

2024

Pontianak poster
10.0

Alone on her farm, Raudha is stalked by a terrible Pontianak. With her sharp nails and ghostly pale face covered by long dark hair, will she hunt Raudha down as her next victim?

Pontianak

2018

Pontianak poster
10.0

Alone on her farm, Raudha is stalked by a terrible Pontianak. With her sharp nails and ghostly pale face covered by long dark hair, will she hunt Raudha down as her next victim?

Pontianak

2018

Killuminati poster
10.0

Enter the world of the Killuminati, the Hong Kong secret society of vampires that has existed for centuries.

Killuminati

2018

Killuminati poster
10.0

Enter the world of the Killuminati, the Hong Kong secret society of vampires that has existed for centuries.

Killuminati

2018

Cluster poster
NR

Five strangers are trapped together inside their apartment complex’s bomb shelter after the apocalypse renders the outside world uninhabitable and deadly.

Cluster

2012

Upside Down Polaroid poster
10.0

A young kid in the 1980s finds a polaroid camera that lets him take pictures of the Upside Down. Tie-in promotional film for Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights' Stranger Things house.

Upside Down Polaroid

2018

Upside Down Polaroid poster
10.0

A young kid in the 1980s finds a polaroid camera that lets him take pictures of the Upside Down. Tie-in promotional film for Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights' Stranger Things house.

Upside Down Polaroid

2018

Chamber of Ox poster
10.0

After drowning a bag of kittens, Oliver finds himself haunted by feline apparitions out for furry vengeance. What starts out as an almost playful tease escalates into a neverending cycle of terror. Nowhere is safe, and he will eventually meet his fate in the Chamber of Ox.

Chamber of Ox

2014

Chamber of Ox poster
10.0

After drowning a bag of kittens, Oliver finds himself haunted by feline apparitions out for furry vengeance. What starts out as an almost playful tease escalates into a neverending cycle of terror. Nowhere is safe, and he will eventually meet his fate in the Chamber of Ox.

Chamber of Ox

2014

Pagoda of Peril! poster
10.0

"When I reached home, it was already dark. I...seemed to have forgotten something, but I couldn't remember it..."

Pagoda of Peril!

2018

Pagoda of Peril! poster
10.0

"When I reached home, it was already dark. I...seemed to have forgotten something, but I couldn't remember it..."

Pagoda of Peril!

2018