Marko Mäkilaakso (also known as Mark Hillvalley; born 23 February 1978)[1] is a Finnish music video and film director.
He has directed music videos for Uniklubi, Tiktak, Antti Tuisku, Indica and Robin, among others.
[2][3] His first feature film, War of the Dead, was released in 2011,[2] and after that, Mäkilaakso directed the Syfy-produced television film, Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman, also released under the title Yeti.
[4][5] 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,[6] 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.
[8] In 2021 Mäkilaakso was producing a horror comedy The Creeps, starring Christopher Lambert.