Christopher Sandberg

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About Christopher Sandberg

Christopher Sandberg is a leading creative in the field of global mass-immersion entertainment. Unifying themed events, television shows and games. Creating deep and broad audience participation that scales globally through interactive and social media, and mobile technology. Sandberg has over three decades of pioneering storytelling, with two International Emmy Award Winning productions and multiple other international awards, including two Banff Awards, a Rose D'Or and many more. Sandberg's first major participatory television drama series (Producer), The Truth About Marika (SVT) is considered one of the most influential productions in the genre. Sandberg is currently heading an LA based real world entertainment studio and heading the renowned Medieval Week festival on the island of Gotland (Sweden). Sandberg is currently executive producing a new circus, archery and jousting arena show about Scandinavian myths. Earlier ventures range from creating a national television network in Sweden, to managing a leading games research studio (producing among other things the largest European integrated research projects on pervasive gaming); as well as founding a leading viral marketing firm and a mobile entertainment studio. Sandberg has created and lead several courses at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and holds keynotes and lectures across the globe. Sandberg collaborated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington DC) and created the first ever larp at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Stockholm). Sandberg's passion is making the audience an active participant, expanding the drama over all media, including the cityscape with groundbreaking events. Notable big events include immersive experiences at New York ComicCon and SXSW (listed third by Metro US Top Ten Must Do's), as well as designing participation for WD Imagineering and the Star Wars theme park land "Galaxy's Edge." His productions are listed twice as milestones by WIRED. Expertise: Television primetime shows, Mass-Immersion Events, XR, Theatre, Games creation, production, development and script writing, Participation design, Format development, Transmedia production, International co-productions, Creative leadership, Broadcast content, Games, Social media.