ABOUT

Edward Drake is an Irish-Australian writer, director, and producer based in Los Angeles.

A member of the PGA and WGAw, Drake’s feature-film credits include Guns Up, American Siege, Broil, Breach, Cosmic Sin, Apex, Gasoline Alley, Paradise City, Lionsgate’s Knight Trilogy, and more.

The Ascent (SXSW 2026, Audience Award Winner), a true-crime/climbing documentary produced and directed by Drake, chronicles the attempt of bilateral amputee Mandy Horvath to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro after an unspeakable tragedy.

In 2020, Drake won the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Award (Dramatic) for The Young Woman.

Drake has directed for brands including Nike, British Airways, Samsung, Rexona, Grant’s Whiskey, and for music labels Atlantic Records, Universal Records, Mad Decent, OWSLA, Island Records, Warner Bros., and more.

His work has been featured by The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Pitchfork, Billboard, Vice, Idolator, Fader, Vanity Fair, Little Black Book, MTV, NME, CMTV, Director's Notes, Promonews, and more.

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