Edward Andrews is a commercial director working across live action, animation, and hybrid mixed media, rostered at Steam Films (Canada), Outsider (UK), Hornet (US), Markenfilm (Germany/Switzerland, exclusive May 2025), and Grand Bazar (France). He previously composited at DNEG on Blade Runner 2049, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, the Harry Potter films, Skyfall, Wonder Woman, and Captain America. That VFX literacy underpins polished spots with seamless effects, refined framing, and occasional long-take construction—most notably YMCA’s “A World Without Y,” an almost-single-take family drama that helped earn him Shots New Director of the Year (Shots The Americas) in 2021. Awarded and roster-featured work includes LEGO Star Wars “A Padawan Story” and LEGO Cars, Build-A-Bear “New School,” Tim Hortons, Google, Intuit (live-action/illustrative mixed-media handoff with Itay Tevel), McDonald’s, Asana “Tame Your Work Worries,” AXA “Every Business Starts,” Monsterbox, NABS “This Job Can Break You” (four Clios, 2022; anthropomorphised musical lead), VPD, Pathways To Education, Ministry of Finance, and Ocean Wise. Hornet signed him as its first live-action director in November 2023. He is positioned for comedy and heartfelt performance storytelling, cause/PSA narrative, and tech and toy brands that need actor-led nuance plus invisible or character-forward VFX.