Margaret Emdal was born in Stranda/Norway. Studied Visual Communication in Münster/Germany. She has been a Graphic Designer for different media and TV, and a teacher of art and animation at different schools. She is now living in Oslo, Norway and working as an independent animation filmmaker, graphic designer, and illustrator.
She has made the animated short films Heartattack (1992) and Tango Caramba (1997) as well as a great number of animated titles for TV and film.