Edward John Drake
Edward John Drake is an Australian screenwriter and film director based in Los Angeles, California.
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Edward John Drake
- Name
- Edward John Drake
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Australia
- Occupation
- Film director
- Born
- 1990 · Melbourne.
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Edward John Drake is an Australian screenwriter and film director based in Los Angeles, California.
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Edward John Drake (born 1990) is a film director, music video director and screenwriter. The film director was born in Melbourne. Edward John Drake is a member of Writers Guild of America West.
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• Name — Edward John Drake • Birthplace — Melbourne, Australia • Occupation — Film director
2016
2016
• Jack Ü – "Beats Knockin ft. Fly Boi Keno" • Autoerotique – "Count On You"
2015
2015
• Yolanda Be Cool ft. Sixto Rodriguez- "Sugar Man" • We Are The Ocean – "Good For You" • The Fratellis – "Impostors (Little By Little)" • Matrix & Futurebound – "Happy Alone ft. V. Bozeman"
2014
2014
• Investo & Tara McDonald – "A Place To Go" • Klangkarussell – "All Eyes On You" • Kito and Reija Lee – "Starting Line"
2013
2013
• Stanton Warriors – "Cut Me Up" • Kat Krazy – "Siren" • Basto – "Dance With Me"
2012
2012
• Van She – "Jamaica (Live)"
Filmography
Filmography
• 2010: Where Were You (Director, Writer, Producer; Short) • 2012: Rain Hail Shine (Director; Short) • 2012: Animals (Director, Writer, Producer) • 2020: Broil (Director, Writer) • 2020: Breach (Writer, Executive Producer) • 2021: Cosmic Sin (Director, Writer, Executive Producer) • 2021: Apex (Director, Writer) • 2022: American Siege (Director, Writer) • 2022: Gasoline Alley (Director, Writer) • 2022: Detective Knight: Rogue (Director, Writer) • 2022: Paradise City (Writer) • 2022: Detective Knight: Redemption (Director, Writer) • 2023: Detective Knight: Independence (Director, Writer) • 2025: Guns Up (Director, Writer)
Film and other media
Drake's first production was Where Were You (2010), a short web series in the zombie genre which was made for just under $150. The series explores the ways in which a real-world pandemic would affect the modern world by looking at seven key interwining stories at different stages of the infection. WWY was a finalist in the inaugural competition of Movie Network's Movie Extra WebFest. Animals (2012), Drake's first feature film, began shooting in Newport on January 14, 2012, starring Sweeney Young, Melissa Howard, Jeremy Kewley, Reg Gorman and Scott Brennan. Drake worked repeatedly with Bruce Willis: He wrote and directed the films Cosmic Sin, starring Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, and Adelaide Kane, and Apex (2021), starring Neal McDonough and Bruce Willis. He wrote and executive produced Breach, starring Willis and Thomas Jane. Of his non-Willis-work, he wrote and directed Broil, starring Jonathan Lipnicki, Lochlyn Munro, and Timothy V. Murphy. The film was selected for Fantaspoa 2020 and several other film festivals.
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Awards
Drake is the 2020 winner of the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Award (Dramatic) for The Young Woman.
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- 1.IN DEPTH: Loud Visionaries Profile: Director Edward John Drake. VideoStatic.
- 2.Jessica, Fichera. Edward Drake, Film Maker. Onya Magazine.
- 3.Moretti, Daniel. Movie Extra Webfest Finalists Announced. Filmink. November 22, 2010.
- 4.Wiseman, Andreas. 'Cosmic Sin': Frank Grillo, Luke Wilson & Adelaide Kane Among Cast To Have Joined Bruce Willis In Sci-Fi-Action Movie. 23 March 2020.
- 5.Hipes, Patrick. Bruce Willis-Neal McDonough Action Thriller 'Apex' Gets U.S. Deal With RLJE Films. Deadline Hollywood. September 2, 2021.
- 6.Wiseman, Andreas. 'Anti Life': Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Cody Kearsley & Rachel Nichols Launched For Sales – AFM. Deadline Hollywood. 28 October 2019.
- 7.Film News Roundup: SXSW Wrestling Documentary 'You Cannot Kill David Arquette' Sold. 2 May 2020.
- 8.Well Go Acquires U.S. Rights to Canadian Thriller 'Broil' – Media Play News.
- 9.2020 Script Competition Winners. 21 October 2020.
- 10.Knight, David. Promonews – Jack Ü Ft. Fly Boi Keno 'Beats Knockin' by Edward John Drake.
- 11.CHANNEL V: YBC + Rodriguez = Summers Best Sound.
- 12.Promonews – WATO "Good For You".
- 13.The AU Review – Music Video Premiere "Impostors". 18 October 2015.
- 14.HowToForge – Music Video Premiere "Happy Alone". August 2019.
- 15.Hit Addiction Investo feat. Tara McDonald – A Place To Go (Official Lyric Video). www.hitaddiction.com.
- 16.Klangkarussell 'All Eyes On You' (Edward Drake, dir.). VideoStatic.
- 17.Stanton Warriors 'Cut Me Up' by Edward Drake. Promo News.
- 18.Video: Stanton Warriors – "Cut Me Up". THUMP.
- 19.Kat Krazy "Siren" (Edward Drake, dir.). VideoStatic.
- 20.BASTO – Dance With Me (Official Music Video).
- 21.Dallas, Sam. Rian Johnson lets slip a few more details about Looper. Chud.com. May 18, 2011.
- 22.The Sydney Morning Herald. Love to have a beer with Reg after film. February 17, 2012.
- 23.P, Maddie. Bruce Willis' 'Detective Knight' Trilogy: Release Date, Trailer, Cast, & Everything We Know So Far. Collider. October 21, 2022.
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