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Lee Towndrow

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

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Projects

References edit

  1. ^ "Artjail adds Lee Towndrow, Emily Bloom".
  2. ^ a b "Girl Riot - TIME". April 6, 2012. Archived from the original on 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. ^ a b "Aus dem aktuellen Heft | Das Magazin | Blog". blog.dasmagazin.ch. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Carol (2015) - IMDb". Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  11. ^ a b "BMW i3 Newfangled Idea". February 8, 2015.
  12. ^ a b Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: HONOR SPRING 2013 FILM. YouTube.
  13. ^ a b "Morgan Stanley". September 25, 2012.
  14. ^ a b Creative Planet Network [dead link]
  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. [user-generated source]
  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 [dead link]
  25. ^ Credit summary teenagerhamlet.com [dead link]
  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 [dead link]
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