From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Drew Lightfoot
Drew Lightfoot
Drew Lightfoot ty’s "Coast is Clear" received two, in the categories of
Best Post-Production and Best Independent Video, and
Born Andrew Lightfoot his video for k-os’ "Sunday Morning" was nominated as
August 22, 1978 (1978-08-22)
BC, Canada Best Pop Video.[15]
He had two videos in ResFest’s CanCon 2006: "One
Website Man Wrecking Machine" for Guster and "Working Full
http://www.drewlightfoot.com/ Time" for Constantines.[16]
The Los Angeles Film Festival’s Music Video programs
Drew Lightfoot is a Canadian director of commercials and will feature three of Lightfoot’s music videos: Guster’s
music videos. He has also worked as an animator, and ’One Man Wrecking Machine’, k-os’s ’Sunday Morning’,
continues to use animation as a director, to varying de- and Constantines ’Working Full Time’.[17]
grees, sometimes using stop-motion and CGI in his com-
mercials and videos.[1][2] Animator
Lightfoot has animated a variety of works, including
Commercials many commercials with HeadGear Animation as well as
Lightfoot first directed commercials when he began on several TV shows, including The PJs, and feature film
working with Toronto-based HeadGear Animation in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. He has also worked as Ani-
2001. He signed to Canadian Production Company Soft Ci- mation Director on several high-profile commercials, in-
tizen in 2006, and with Furlined for representation in the cluding Sony Bravia "Play-Doh" and Big Yellow
USA in 2008; his career now seems to be more focused "Tide".[18]
on live-action work.[3] He has directed commercials for
clients including Apple, Bud Light, Ikea, M&Ms, MTV References
Canada, Sony, and Target.
[1] Stash Media article
[2] pdf of Stash Media Issue 26 -including article
Music videos [3] Soft Citizen
Lightfoot’s music video works include those for k-os,[4] [4] Video Static
Kate Havnevik, The Raconteurs, Matt Mays and El Torpe- [5] No Fat Clips!!! blog
do, Constantines, Guster,[5][6] In-Flight Safety, Moufette, [6] Brian Rosenworcel’s video commentary on
and The Cure.[7] Lightfoot’s "One Man Wrecking Machine" video
[7] StompBoxCreative bio
Awards & Festivals [8] [1]
[9] Eugene Hernandez; Brian Brooks (2007). "SXSW ’07
In 2008, Lightfoot’s video for Kate Havnevik’s "Unlike
DAILY DISPATCH: "Billy The Kid" and "Itty Bitty
Me" won Best Direction in the Adult Contemporary genre
Titty Committee" Win Top Jury Prizes At SXSW".
at the MVPA Awards in Los Angeles.[8]
indieWire. http://www.indiewire.com/article/
Drew Lightfoot’s animated/super-8 video for Con-
sxsw_07_daily_dispatch_billy_the_kid_and_itty_bitty_titty_comm
stantines "Working Full Time" won the Special Jury
Retrieved 2010-08-20.
Award at the SXSW Film Festival in 2007,[9] after screen-
[10] SXSW Film Festival
ing at the festival.[10]
[11] MVPA Winner 2007: Best Animated Video
He won an MVPA Award in 2007 for Best Animated
[12] MVPAs Nominees 2007: Directorial Debut
Video for Guster’s "One Man Wrecking Machine",[11]
[13] MVPA Nominees 2007: Best Video Produced For
which received 2 additional MVPA nominations: Direc-
Under $25,000
torial Debut,[12] and Best Video Produced for Under
[14] Juno Awards: Nominees
$25,000.[13]
[15] MMVA Nominees, 2007
Lightfoot was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award in
[16] ResFest CanCon 2006
the Video of the Year category, for directing In-Flight
[17] LAFF Line Up
Safety’s "Coast Is Clear" video.[14] He also received three
[18] IMDB Drew Lightfoot’s website
MMVA nominations in 2007: his video for In-Flight Safe-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Drew Lightfoot
Persondata Date of birth 1978-08-22
Name Lightfoot, Drew Place of birth BC, Canada
Alternative names Date of death
Short description Place of death
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