Drew Lightfoot is a Canadian director

Commercial director

A commercial director is a someone who specializes in creating visual advertising. These are called commercials and are then used as promotional tools for a client's product....

 of commercials and music videos. He has also worked as an animator

Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...

, and continues to use animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 as a director, to varying degrees, sometimes using stop-motion and CGI

Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

 in his commercials and videos.

Commercials

Lightfoot first directed commercials when he began working with Toronto-based HeadGear Animation in 2001. He signed to Canadian Production Company Soft Citizen in 2006, and with Furlined for representation in the USA in 2008; his career now seems to be more focused on live-action work. He has directed commercials for clients including Apple, Bud Light, Ikea, M&Ms, MTV Canada, Sony, and Target.

Music videos

Lightfoot's music video works include those for k-os

K-os

Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...

, Kate Havnevik

Kate Havnevik

Kate Havnevik is a singer and songwriter from Oslo, Norway. Her debut album, the critically acclaimed electronica infused Melankton, was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 in Norway only, before being licensed internationally later...

, The Raconteurs

The Raconteurs

The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...

, Matt Mays

Matt Mays

Matt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...

 and El Torpedo, Constantines

Constantines

-History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...

, Guster

Guster

Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

, In-Flight Safety

In-Flight Safety

-External links:* official website*...

, Moufette

Moufette

Moufette is a Canadian indie rock group, formed in Montréal in 2004. The duo, which includes Steve Durand - formerly of Tinker and known for his work with Auf der Maur - and Ariel Engle, also mix electrionica and folk music in to their standard indie/pop sound. Their first album was released in...

, and The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

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Awards & Festivals

In 2008, Lightfoot's video for Kate Havnevik

Kate Havnevik

Kate Havnevik is a singer and songwriter from Oslo, Norway. Her debut album, the critically acclaimed electronica infused Melankton, was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 in Norway only, before being licensed internationally later...

's "Unlike Me" won Best Direction in the Adult Contemporary genre at the MVPA Awards in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

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Drew Lightfoot's animated/super-8 video for Constantines

Constantines

-History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...

 "Working Full Time" won the Special Jury Award at the SXSW Film Festival in 2007, after screening at the festival.

He won an MVPA Award in 2007 for Best Animated Video for Guster

Guster

Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

's "One Man Wrecking Machine", which received 2 additional MVPA nominations: Directorial Debut, and Best Video Produced for Under $25,000.

Lightfoot was nominated for a 2007 Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 in the Video of the Year category, for directing In-Flight Safety

In-Flight Safety

-External links:* official website*...

's "Coast Is Clear" video. He also received three MMVA nominations in 2007: his video for In-Flight Safety

In-Flight Safety

-External links:* official website*...

's "Coast is Clear" received two, in the categories of Best Post-Production and Best Independent Video, and his video for k-os

K-os

Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...

' "Sunday Morning" was nominated as Best Pop Video.

He had two videos in ResFest's CanCon

Cancon

Cancon is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France....

 2006: "One Man Wrecking Machine" for Guster

Guster

Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

 and "Working Full Time" for Constantines

Constantines

-History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...

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The Los Angeles Film Festival

Los Angeles Film Festival

The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Film Festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single...

's Music Video programs will feature three of Lightfoot's music videos: Guster

Guster

Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

's 'One Man Wrecking Machine', k-os

K-os

Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...

's 'Sunday Morning', and Constantines

Constantines

-History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...

 'Working Full Time'.

Animator

Lightfoot has animated a variety of works, including many commercials with HeadGear Animation as well as on several TV shows, including The PJs

The PJs

The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross & Lilly Tomlin...

, and feature film Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

's Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride, often promoted as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, is a 2005 stop-motion-animated fantasy musical film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. It is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp led an all-star cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter ...

. He has also worked as Animation Director on several high-profile commercials, including Sony Bravia "Play-Doh" and Big Yellow "Tide".