Morten Forland – Morten Forland holds a BA in Film and Television Production from the University of Bergen, Norway and an MFA in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University. He was named Outstanding Graduate Student for the LMU Production program upon graduation. A Norway native, Morten has been making movies in his family’s backyard since he was 12. From Star Wars homages to action thrillers, he has steadily been honing his filmmaking skills, earning award nominations on his way.
Although he still considers himself young, Morten has amassed an impressive CV, with work in feature film (Escape, and the Varg Veum series) and major television events like the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France and The Amazing Race Norway. Morten’s versatile background has given him insight into all the different elements that makes a movie work, as well as broadened his horizons to encompass knowledge of life in most corners of the world.
He currently interns for Retrofit Films, a fast-growing production company run by LMU alums, where his responsibilities are mainly in post-production, but where his voice is heard in every phase of a project; from ideation to finished product. Morten’s LMU thesis film is an uncommon genre concoction – Viking/Action/Comedy – and has given him valuable insights in what it takes to build an online fanbase, digital marketing, and crowdfunding, all which will benefit the startup of Terrible Infant greatly. Morten hopes to one day make original, mainstream films combining action and humor, similar to the work of Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn. With Vikings.
Although he still considers himself young, Morten has amassed an impressive CV, with work in feature film (Escape, and the Varg Veum series) and major television events like the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France and The Amazing Race Norway. Morten’s versatile background has given him insight into all the different elements that makes a movie work, as well as broadened his horizons to encompass knowledge of life in most corners of the world.
He currently interns for Retrofit Films, a fast-growing production company run by LMU alums, where his responsibilities are mainly in post-production, but where his voice is heard in every phase of a project; from ideation to finished product. Morten’s LMU thesis film is an uncommon genre concoction – Viking/Action/Comedy – and has given him valuable insights in what it takes to build an online fanbase, digital marketing, and crowdfunding, all which will benefit the startup of Terrible Infant greatly. Morten hopes to one day make original, mainstream films combining action and humor, similar to the work of Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn. With Vikings.
