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, 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, 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, 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 Johnathan 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 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 "
  • 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 "

    Filmography

  • 2010: Where Were You
  • 2012: Rain Hail Shine
  • 2012: Animals
  • 2020: Broil
  • 2020: Breach
  • 2021: Cosmic Sin
  • 2021: Apex
  • 2022: American Siege
  • 2022: Gasoline Alley
  • 2022: Detective Knight: Rogue
  • 2022: Paradise City
  • 2022: Detective Knight: Redemption
  • 2023: Detective Knight: Independence
  • 2025: ''Guns Up''