Lee Towndrow Explained
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 [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, [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,[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]
External links
- Projects
Notes and References
- Web site: Artjail adds Lee Towndrow, Emily Bloom .
- Web site: Girl Riot - TIME. 6 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406133118/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2111231,00.html . 5 January 2024. April 6, 2012 .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2013-05-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810015206/http://leetowndrow.com/wp-content/gallery/martin-amis-for-macleans/martin-amis-by-lee-towndrow_0.jpg . 2014-08-10 .
- Web site: Author Martin Amis on leaving England and finding America - Macleans.ca. 5 January 2024.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130516145540/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2143565,00.html Time (magazine)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120921034026/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125024,00.html Time (magazine)
- Web site: Aus dem aktuellen Heft Das Magazin Blog . blog.dasmagazin.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130423055006/http://blog.dasmagazin.ch/2013/04/19/aus-dem-aktuellen-heft-7/ . 2013-04-23.
- Web site: Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015) - IMDb. 5 January 2024. www.imdb.com.
- Web site: The Paris Review - Sheila Heti on How Should a Person Be? - The Paris Review. 18 June 2012.
- Web site: Carol (2015) - IMDb. 5 January 2024. www.imdb.com.
- Web site: BMW i3 Newfangled Idea . 8 February 2015 .
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: HONOR SPRING 2013 FILM . YouTube.
- Web site: Morgan Stanley . 25 September 2012 .
- http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dcp/news/hot-spots/44368 Creative Planet Network
- Web site: Sloan – Navy Blues » Sleevage » Music, Art, Design . 2010-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921222443/http://sleevage.com/sloan-navy-blues/ . 2010-09-21 .
- http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,899535,00.html Album
- http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2789369,00.html Album
- Web site: Post Magazine - Bud spot a Blast for Topix, Astropolitan .
- Web site: Lee Towndrow | Visual Effects, Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department. IMDb. 5 January 2024.
- Web site: Varios: Dark-Room (Performance) . 2012-03-19 . dead . https://archive.today/20120710203635/http://juanmakovarios.blogspot.com/2009/06/dark-room-como-performer.html . 2012-07-10 .
- Web site: Raumlabor » Kermes urbana create your own city.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Prestigieux Sans Doute . YouTube.
- http://proyectov.org/
- http://proyectov.org/venus2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3638&Itemid=2 Proyecto Venus
- http://www.teenagerhamlet.com/teenager_hamlet_credit_summary.html Credit summary
- Web site: Canada Wins Big in Locarno .
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The National - Fake Empire . YouTube.
- Web site: Born Ruffians "I Need a Life" - Lightpress . 2012-03-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111113091933/http://lightpress.tv/born-ruffians/ . 2011-11-13 .
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Bits & Pieces . YouTube.
- http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-flame-family/overview Overview