Andrew Lancaster is a multiple award winning Australian director and composer based in London and Sydney.  His unique directing style combines cinematic vision, natural performances with a strong emphasis on music, sound, choreography and rhythm. 

BIOGRAPHY

Andrew’s debut feature film, Accidents Happen (starring Geena Davis) premiered at Tribecca Film festival 2009 and has won prestigious festival awards at Giffoni Italy, Stiges Spain, and the Netherlands.

His second feature The Lost Aviator premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, Miami IFF, with a special Jury mention at the Sydney Film Festival.

Andrew has recently finished a feature documentary Joud a cinematic journey through Arabia, released in 2019 with a live score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra.

Andrew graduated from AFTRS in 1994 where he directed and composed the short films Palace Cafe and Universal Appliance Co. which between them have won fifteen awards world wide. With a BA in Film and TV, he co-founded music studio Supersonic, and over the past twenty five years Andrew has had a career combining music and film.

In 2001 his short film In Search of Mike was invited to have its World Premier at Sundance, also picking up the Dendy Award and the prestigious Rouben Mamoulian Award at the Sydney Film Festival. In 2002 he was awarded the Best Rising Talent at the IF Awards. In 2003 he directed Syntax Error for the POV short film collection, going on to win two ARIA awards for Best Australian Music Video in 1996 and 1999.

In 2010 he founded the music collective Sonar Music and joined Photoplay Films as commercial director. He won the 2012 AACTA award for Best original Music for The Hunter and his micro documentary for the TAC on 'The Town of Speed' has won has won 2 x Gold at the ADMA, Gold at Spikes Asia Awards, 2 x Silver CLIOs and Gold at New York Festival Awards.

DIRECTING AWARDS

THE LOST AVIATOR - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

• Special Jury Mention Sydney Film Festival 

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN - FEATURE FILM

• Special Jury Award - Giffoni Film Festival Italy

• Youth Jury Award - Films by the Sea Netherlands

• Silver Audience Award -Sydney Film Festival 

• Nominated - Best Film - Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

THE TOWN OF SPEED - TVC

• Gold at New York Festival Awards -

• 2 x Silver CLIOs - - The Town of Speed

• Silver Pencil Award - Social Media Category

• 2 x Gold at the ADMA Gold at Spikes Asia Awards

IN SEARCH OF MIKE - SHORT FILM

• Rouben Manmoulian Award -Sydney Film Festival 

• Dendy Award-  Sydney Film Festival General category 

• Best Short Film -  Flickerfest Sydney

• Mer de Bronze 1st Best of Short Film Festivals La Ciotat 

• Prize of the Press Odense Film Festival Denmark 

• Outlook Award- Cork Film Festival

• 2nd prize In the Realm of the Senses 

• 2002 IF Award Best Rising Talent

PALACE CAFE - SHORT FILM

• Gold Plaque -Chicago International Film Festival

• Dendy Award -  Sydney Film Festival General category

• Best Short Film -  Asia Pacific Film Festival 

• New Vision Films - Award for Best Director St Kilda Film Festival

UNIVERSAL APPLIANCE CO. - SHORT FILM

• Atom Awards - Special Prize to film makers 

• France TV Supervision - Henri Langlois Film Festival France 

• Silver Plaque at Chicago International Film Festival

ARIA AWARDS - MUSIC PROMOS

• Best Australian Video – Girls Like That - Custard    1999

• Best Australian Video - Soldiers - You Am I             1996