Madden grew up in the southeast, making movies under the moniker ORNANA. His freelance career was built on directing, animation, and sound design. In 2012, he was listed on Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" after '(Notes on) Biology' won the animation prize at SXSW. He has directed 11 Vimeo staff picks, including 'Krista' which won the first ever Staff Picks Award at SXSW in 2018 and inspired BEAST BEAST, his debut feature film which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020 (Executive produced by Alec Baldwin). He worked as Creative Director with Jim Cummings on THUNDER ROAD, and has also directed video shorts for PBS, HBO's 'Random Acts of Flyness,' and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.