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Lord of the Logos

Lord of the Logos is a documentary exploring the work of the Belgian born, UK based artist Christophe Szpajdel. With an estimated 10,000 designs to his name, exhibitions as far afield as Japan and New Zealand, and clients from across the globe, Christophe is one of the most famous logo designers you’ve never heard of. That’s because Christophe designs logos for metal bands.

  • Luke Hagan
    Director
  • Alix Taylor
    Executive Producers
  • Claire Horrocks
    Executive Producers
  • Jonas Hawkins
    Executive Producers
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Biographical, Arts, Music, Design
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 8, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Two Short Nights Film Festival
    Exeter
    United Kingdom
    December 2, 2016
    World
Director Biography - Luke Hagan

Luke is a freelance filmmaker and editor, whose career and has seen him work on a range of feature films, music videos and award winning shorts. He has also worked for some of the best known national and international brands, creating content for TV, web and live events. All in the Valley, his debut feature film as writer and director, was awarded Best Feature Film at the Cornwall Film Festival 2014.

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Director Statement

I first came across Christophe and his work on a trip to my local library. I saw him sketching one of his designs, and was immediately taken with his work. I found out he was the “Lord of the Logos”, a cult artist who came to prominence in the Norwegian Black Metal scene of the early 90’s. I bought his book, I fell in love with his designs, and decided to arrange to meet up with him and talk about his work.
I was just as taken with Christophe’s character as I was his art and knew I had to make a documentary about him, to do my part to bring his art to the wider world, and to try and spread the creativity and passion of the Lord of the Logos.