Lee Towndrow is a visual artist based in New York City. He creates visual effects,[1] and has been a photographer, credited with portraits of Lena Dunham,[2] Martin Amis,[3][4] Dan Brown,[5] Michael Chabon,[6] and Sheila Heti.[7] He was the cinematographer for the title sequence and reenactments in the film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief[8] His work has appeared in Time Magazine,[2] The Paris Review,[9] Das Magazin.[7] He has worked as a visual effects artist on the feature film Carol (film),[10] commercial campaigns for BMW,[11] HONOR NYC,[12] Morgan Stanley,[13] TD Bank.[14]

Biography

Towndrow began his career as a designer and photographer at a design firm he founded. The firm was best known for creating the album cover artwork for prominent Canadian bands such as Sloan,[15] The Flashing Lights,[16] The Inbreds and Michelle McAdorey.[17]

Lee Towndrow became a Flame artist at TOPIX Computer Graphics, where he created visual effects and design for television commercials, music videos, and feature films.[18][19]

From 2004-2005 he lived in Buenos Aires, where he worked with Roberto Jacoby,[20] the m7red center, fr:Raumlabor Berlin[21] Kiwi and Cecilia Sainz and Eugenia Herrera [22] on conceptual art installations, such as Proyecto Venus.[23] Darkroom and ArteBA.[24]

Cinematography

Lee Towndrow worked as a cinematographer on three feature films, including Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,[8] Margaux Williamson's Teenager Hamlet, starring Sheila Heti and Sholem Krishtalka.[25] In 2010 he collaborated with Gonzales, Peaches, Tiga and Adam Traynor on the 2010 film Ivory Tower, which received special mention at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.[26] He has also photographed music videos for The National,[27] Born Ruffians,[28] Junior Boys [29] and The Great Lakes.

Visual Effects

Lee Towndrow has worked as a Flame and Smoke[30] artist creating visual effects for the feature film Carol (film),[10] advertising campaigns for BMW,[11] HONOR NYC,[12] Morgan Stanley,[13] TD Bank.[14]

Projects

References

  1. ↑ "Artjail adds Lee Towndrow, Emily Bloom".
  2. 1 2 "Girl Riot - TIME". web.archive.org. April 6, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Author Martin Amis on leaving England and finding America - Macleans.ca". Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ Time (magazine)
  6. ↑ Time (magazine)
  7. 1 2 "Aus dem aktuellen Heft | Das Magazin | Blog". blog.dasmagazin.ch. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015) - IMDb". Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  9. ↑ "The Paris Review - Sheila Heti on How Should a Person Be? - The Paris Review". June 18, 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Carol (2015) - IMDb". Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  11. 1 2 "BMW i3 Newfangled Idea". February 8, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: HONOR SPRING 2013 FILM. YouTube.
  13. 1 2 "Morgan Stanley". September 25, 2012.
  14. 1 2 Creative Planet Network
  15. ↑ "Sloan – Navy Blues » Sleevage » Music, Art, Design". Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  16. ↑ Album artistdirect.com
  17. ↑ Album artistdirect.com
  18. ↑ "Post Magazine - Bud spot a Blast for Topix, Astropolitan".
  19. ↑ "Lee Towndrow | Visual Effects, Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department". IMDb. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Varios: Dark-Room (Performance)". Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Raumlabor » Kermes urbana create your own city".
  22. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Prestigieux Sans Doute. YouTube.
  23. ↑ http://proyectov.org/
  24. ↑ Proyecto Venus proyectov.org
  25. ↑ Credit summary teenagerhamlet.com
  26. ↑ "Canada Wins Big in Locarno".
  27. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The National - Fake Empire. YouTube.
  28. ↑ "Born Ruffians "I Need a Life" - Lightpress". Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  29. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Bits & Pieces. YouTube.
  30. ↑ Overview autodesk.com
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