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Malka Mikkelsen
Malka Mikkelsen Forero (born Dicken Schrader Forero; December 4, 1973) is a Colombian–American creative director, director, video artist and musician. They are most noted for their YouTube viral videos featuring themself and their two children, Milah and Korben, performing cover versions of Depeche Mode songs using an old keyboard and various toys and household items as instruments, under the name DMK. Mikkelsen and their children are featured in the film Spirits in the Forest, directed by Anton Corbijn. Mikkelsen came out as non-binary in March 2025 and legally changed their name and gender marker on November 27, 2025.
Mikkelsen was born Dicken Schrader in Bogotá, Colombia. They are the son of María Eugenia Forero and Christian Schrader, Dean of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University School of Advertising. Since early age, they showed interest in video production and animation. They graduated from Liceo Boston high school in 1991, and was immediately drafted into the National Army of Colombia, where they served as part of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. In 1993 Mikkelsen moved to Miami, Florida, to study journalism and mass communication at Florida International University, graduating magna cum laude in December 1996.
Mikkelsen's career launched in 1995, as a writer/producer for MTV Latin America, first producing popular shows like Ozono, Playa and Conexión, and later working in the on-air promos department. During their time at MTV he created memorable spots, some of them leading MTV Latin America into winning the Judge's Choice award at the 1999 PromaxBDA Latin America Awards.
After working in the on-air promotions department of several other cable channels airing in Latin America, like HTV and AXN, in 2004 they moved with his family to New York City to work as a Writer/Producer for VH1 promos and later as Creative Director for Vh1 digital. At Vh1 they created and directed campaigns for shows like Metal Month, Save The Music, Rock Honors and Hip-Hop Honors, the latter winning the Judge's Choice award at the 2006 PromaxBDA US Awards.
On 2007, Mikkelsen participated, as part of N Pictures, in the 48 Hour Film Project held in Miami, writing and editing the short "A Monkton Family Christmas" which won Best Film of 2007 and went to represent Miami/Ft. Lauderdale at Filmapalooza 2008.
Mikkelsen moved back to Colombia in 2009, where they took a job as Creative Director at G2, to later start their own video production/post-production company called Bualá, where they directed award-winning campaigns and video content for local and international clients like MTV, Discovery Networks, Coca-Cola, adidas, Samsung, Huawei, McDonald's, Abbott Laboratories, One Young World, Caracol Televisión, Bavaria Brewery, Juan Valdez Café and many more.
Bualá, led by Mikkelsen, won silver prize for animation at the 2015 World Media Festival, Hamburg, and their video mapping entry was chosen as finalist at the 2019 George Town festival in Penang, Malaysia. That same year, Mikkelsen moved back to New York City, where they currently work and reside.
Mikkelsen has also directed music videos for Puerto rican band Circo and Colombian bands Pirañas and Árbol de Ojos.
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Malka Mikkelsen
Malka Mikkelsen Forero (born Dicken Schrader Forero; December 4, 1973) is a Colombian–American creative director, director, video artist and musician. They are most noted for their YouTube viral videos featuring themself and their two children, Milah and Korben, performing cover versions of Depeche Mode songs using an old keyboard and various toys and household items as instruments, under the name DMK. Mikkelsen and their children are featured in the film Spirits in the Forest, directed by Anton Corbijn. Mikkelsen came out as non-binary in March 2025 and legally changed their name and gender marker on November 27, 2025.
Mikkelsen was born Dicken Schrader in Bogotá, Colombia. They are the son of María Eugenia Forero and Christian Schrader, Dean of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University School of Advertising. Since early age, they showed interest in video production and animation. They graduated from Liceo Boston high school in 1991, and was immediately drafted into the National Army of Colombia, where they served as part of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. In 1993 Mikkelsen moved to Miami, Florida, to study journalism and mass communication at Florida International University, graduating magna cum laude in December 1996.
Mikkelsen's career launched in 1995, as a writer/producer for MTV Latin America, first producing popular shows like Ozono, Playa and Conexión, and later working in the on-air promos department. During their time at MTV he created memorable spots, some of them leading MTV Latin America into winning the Judge's Choice award at the 1999 PromaxBDA Latin America Awards.
After working in the on-air promotions department of several other cable channels airing in Latin America, like HTV and AXN, in 2004 they moved with his family to New York City to work as a Writer/Producer for VH1 promos and later as Creative Director for Vh1 digital. At Vh1 they created and directed campaigns for shows like Metal Month, Save The Music, Rock Honors and Hip-Hop Honors, the latter winning the Judge's Choice award at the 2006 PromaxBDA US Awards.
On 2007, Mikkelsen participated, as part of N Pictures, in the 48 Hour Film Project held in Miami, writing and editing the short "A Monkton Family Christmas" which won Best Film of 2007 and went to represent Miami/Ft. Lauderdale at Filmapalooza 2008.
Mikkelsen moved back to Colombia in 2009, where they took a job as Creative Director at G2, to later start their own video production/post-production company called Bualá, where they directed award-winning campaigns and video content for local and international clients like MTV, Discovery Networks, Coca-Cola, adidas, Samsung, Huawei, McDonald's, Abbott Laboratories, One Young World, Caracol Televisión, Bavaria Brewery, Juan Valdez Café and many more.
Bualá, led by Mikkelsen, won silver prize for animation at the 2015 World Media Festival, Hamburg, and their video mapping entry was chosen as finalist at the 2019 George Town festival in Penang, Malaysia. That same year, Mikkelsen moved back to New York City, where they currently work and reside.
Mikkelsen has also directed music videos for Puerto rican band Circo and Colombian bands Pirañas and Árbol de Ojos.