Edward John Drake

Edward John Drake is an Australian screenwriter and film director based in Los Angeles, California.

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, 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.

Awards

Drake is the 2020 winner of the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Award (Dramatic) for The Young Woman.

Videography

Music videos

2016 Jack Ü – "Beats Knockin ft. Fly Boi Keno" Autoerotique – "Count On You"

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 Investo & Tara McDonald – "A Place To Go" Klangkarussell – "All Eyes On You" Kito and Reija Lee – "Starting Line"

2013 Stanton Warriors – "Cut Me Up" Kat Krazy – "Siren" Basto – "Dance With Me"

2012 Van She – "Jamaica (Live)"

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) 2025: Guns Up (Director, Writer)