Lee Towndrow

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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]

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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

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  2. 1 2 "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". September 6, 2012. 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.[ 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. Overviewautodesk.com Archived June 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine