Drew Lightfoot Joins Untitled Films

Untitled Films is pleased to announce that director Drew Lightfoot has joined their roster for Canadian representation. 

Drew Lightfoot is a visual trickster. His background as artist, director, visual-effector and animator, grants him the ability to approach each new project with a fresh perspective.

Drew has worked the world over shooting commercials, TV-shows and feature films as a stop-motion animator. In his role as lead animator of Tim Burton’s stop-motion feature film, The Corpse Bride, Drew realized there was a vast world beyond animation.  After producing mere minutes after months of animating, he decided he was ready for the live action realm.

Drew naturally migrated to Animation Directing for such globally prolific directors as Frank Budgen, Dougal Wilson, Johnny Green and Floria Sigismondi. Emerging from those high-profile endeavors unscathed, he realized it was time to grasp firmly upon the directing reigns himself.

He has since gone on to helm many prominent commercials for major brands such as VW, Sony Playstation, Orange, Bud Light and countless more. He has been awarded at the Bessies, BDAs, LIAAs, and in 2008, received two D&AD pencils for his work on Big Yellow Tide and Sony Bravia’s  Playdoh Bunnies.

In addition to his notable commercial directing credits, Drew is well known for his music video direction, such as Gusters’ One Man Wrecking Machine, which was awarded Best Animated Video at MVPA.  His video for Constantines Working Fulltime was honored with the SXSW Music Video Jury Award and his work for Kate Haynevik's Unlike Me, won MVPA’s Best Direction in the Adult Contemporary Genre.   

Drew is currently directing the feature length documentary 'Spotless' which is a quizzical glimpse into the hype and feverish economic craze of the art world. It is set for release Spring 2013.

He is represented by Untitled Films in Toronto and Passion Pictures in New York, London.