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Lee Towndrow

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Now

Head of 2D | Creative Director at Artjail.

I make finely crafted images, create ideas, and work with people to make those ideas into reality. I have a reputation for innovative thinking and solving challenging problems in the service of giving people remarkable, original experiences.

Then

I started out as a designer making album covers. I was moved by kissing robots to learn Flame, and quickly became a lead visual effects artist with a roster of clients. After a number of years running sessions in the suite, I broadened my mastery of the image in the physical world, living and working in Buenos Aires on fine art installations. I returned to New York and became an award-winning photographer (TIME Magazine, Fast Company) and cinematographer (HBO's Going Clear, Ivory Tower). This refined my eye for lighting, composition and story. Interested in the rapid developments in CG, I was drawn to Nuke and Virtual Reality and have collaborated with the talented people at Artjail, The Mill, MPC, and Method.

Info

Based in New York City

Work Authorization for US, EU, & Canada

 


 

Studios:

Artjail
Brand New School
Bunker
Firstborn
Method
The Mill
MPC
Passion Pictures
Stereohorse
Spin
Topix
Work Order

Editorial Clients:

Bloomberg Businessweek
Elle
Das Magazin
DIE ZEIT
Fast Company
Inc Magazine
Maisonneuve
The New York Times
The Paris Review
TIME Magazine
Vice
The Walrus

 

Commercial Clients:

AT&T
Audi
BMW
Cartier
Fiftythree
Harman Kardon
HONOR
Hugo BOSS
Interscope
Jaeger LeCoultre
Land Rover
Morgan Stanley
Nissan
Proenza Schouler
Samsung
Sony
Under Armor
Uniqlo
Universal
Warner

 

Awards:

2017 – Best Pre-rendered or cinematic VR film, Webby Awards
2016 – Playstation Battlefront - As 2D Artist - Clio, Gold Award.
2016 – Carol, Feature Film - As Matte Painter
         – Nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2015 – Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief    
         – As Cinematographer - Emmy Award for Best Documentary
2013 – Portrait of Lena Dunham (Photographer). 
         – TIME Magazine’s Best Portraits of 2012
2012 – Gold, National Magazine Awards
2011 – GRAPHIS Top 100 in Photography
2010 – GRAPHIS, Gold Award, Photography
2010 – Applied Arts Award, Cover, Photo Annual
2010 – Applied Arts Award, Photography
2009 – ADCC Award, Art Direction
2009 – ADCC Award, Fashion Photography
2009 – Applied Arts Award, Editorial Photography
2009 – National Magazine Awards
2007 – ADCC Award, Editorial Cover Photography
2001 – MMVA Award, Best Post Production
2000 – JUNO Nomination, Best Album Cover

Press:

International Cinematographers Guild Magazine
FxGuide
IDNWorld
TIME Magazine
Fast Company
Creative Quarterly