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Marko Mäkilaakso

Film Director / Music Video Director / Screenwriter | * 02/23/1978 (46) | Hämeenlinna (Finland)
Marko Mäkilaakso (also known as Mark Hillvalley; born 23 February 1978) is a Finnish music video and film director. He has directed music videos for Uniklubi, Tiktak, Antti Tuisku, Indica and Robin, among others. Uniklubi's music video "Huomenna" won the Best Domestic Music Video prize at the 2005 Emma Awards and Indica's music video "Vuorien taa" was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2005 Muuvi Awards. His first feature film, War of the Dead, was released in 2011, and after that, Mäkilaakso directed the Syfy-produced television film, Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman, also released under the title Yeti. In 2014, Mäkilaakso was supposed to direct fourth film of The Asylum's the Mega Shark series, Mega Shark vs. Kolossus, but shortly before the start of shooting, he abandoned the project, and instead, Mäkilaakso directed his next film, the 2018 action film It Came from the Desert, based on the 1989 video game by the same name. In 2019, Mäkilaakso directed episodes for the third season of the Bordertown series. In 20... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Comedies | Action

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Movies with Marko Mäkilaakso as Actor(2)

as Äänittäjä2013 Ella and Friends 2 - Paterock
as Corporal Jackson2011 War of the Dead

Movies with Marko Mäkilaakso as Crew(10)

Directing/Director2023 The Creeps
Writing/Writer2023 The Creeps
Crew/Thanks2022 A Really Bad Place
Directing/Director2017 It Came from the Desert
Visual Effects/Creature Design2017 It Came from the Desert
Writing/Story2017 It Came from the Desert
Directing/Director2013 Deadly Descent
Directing/Director2013 Ella and Friends 2 - Paterock
Directing/Director2011 War of the Dead
Writing/Writer2011 War of the Dead

Citizenship: Finland
Born: Thursday, 02/23 1978 (February) in Hämeenlinna (Finland) (current age: 46 years + 63 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Other names for Marko Mäkilaakso (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Marko Makilaakso"
"Mark Hillvalley" (Pseudonym)
Marko Mäkilaakso frequently works together with these people:
Otto Vihanto (4x, Crew)
Mika Mäkilaakso (3x, Crew)
Juge Heikkilä (3x, Crew)
Teemu Virta (3x, Crew)
Kasimir Högnäs (3x, Crew)
Joonas Koivula (3x, Crew)
Barr B. Potter (2x, Crew)
Juha-Pekka Mikkola (2x, Actor)
Gillian Hawser (2x, Crew)
Juho Salaterä (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:289183, Added: 08/10/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024