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

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