Lee Towndrow

Lee Towndrow is a visual artist based in New York City. He has photographed Lena Dunham,^[1] Martin Amis,^[2]^[3] Dan Brown,^[4] Michael Chabon,^[5] and Sheila Heti.^[6] He was the cinematographer for the title sequence and reenactments in the film Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief ^[7] His work has appeared in Time Magazine,^[8] The Paris Review,^[9] Das Magazin.^[10] He has worked as a visual effects artist on the feature film Carol (film),^[11] commercial campaigns for BMW,^[12] HONOR NYC,^[13] Morgan Stanley,^[14] TD Bank.^[15]

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,^[16] The Flashing Lights,^[17] The Inbreds and Michelle McAdorey.^[18]

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.^[19]^[20]^[21]

From 2004-2005 he lived in Buenos Aires, where he worked with Roberto Jacoby,^[22] the m7red center, fr:Raumlabor Berlin ^[23] Kiwi and Cecilia Sainz and Eugenia Herrera ^[24] on conceptual art installations, such as Proyecto Venus,^[25] Darkroom and ArteBA.^[26]

Cinematography

Lee Towndrow worked as a cinematographer on three feature films, including Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,^[27] Margaux Williamson's Teenager Hamlet, starring Sheila Heti and Sholem Krishtalka.^[28] 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.^[29] He has also photographed music videos for The National,^[30] Born Ruffians,^[31] Junior Boys ^[32] and The Great Lakes.

Visual Effects

Lee Towndrow has worked as an Flame and Smoke^[33] artist creating visual effects for the feature film Carol (film),^[34] advertising campaigns for BMW,^[35] HONOR NYC,^[36] Morgan Stanley,^[37] TD Bank.^[38]

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