Meet Drew
A Sundance Lab Fellow and Grantee, Drew Denny is passionate about representing women and LGBTQ+ characters through narrative filmmaking, documentary, performance, podcasts, and commercials.
TLDR: Hire Drew if you want to make something excellent with an inclusive, trauma informed process and without wasting any precious time or budget.
Whether working with a major network, a global brand or an independent team, Drew takes pride in directing projects that are entertaining, cathartic and that authentically represent stories and characters who’ve rarely been seen on stage or screen.
Her recent works feature Elliot Page (Umbrella Academy), Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Josh Fadem (Twin Peaks), John Ennis (Mr Show), Gabourey Sidibe (Empire), Chloe Moretz (Carrie), Larry Pine (House Of Cards), Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things) and Michelle Hurst (Orange Is The New Black), Frank Harts (Rustin), Bridget Moynahan (Sex and the City), Kelsea Ballerini, Flume, Blink 182, Sheila E, Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, supermodels Christie Brinkley, Ashley Graham, Iman and Lana Ogilvie, and influencers like DeStorm Power, Sam Swank, and more. Her clients include A&E, CNN, CBS, Vice, Spotify, and Interscope Records in addition to partnerships with Häagen-Dazs, Pop Mart, Gia Coppola Wine, Effen Vodka, and Sony Motion Pictures Entertainment on behalf of her non-profit Allies in Arts.
In over a dozen documentaries, she has secured unprecedented access to subjects as diverse as drag queen nuns in California, abortion clinics in Texas, climate change refugees in the Maldives, NASA scientists in Greenland and sex changing fish in the Pacific Ocean.
She earned a BFA in Cinema and Television Production from the University of Southern California and an MA in Aesthetics and Politics from California Institute of the Arts. She moonlights in a band called HIPS.
CURRENT EVENTS
CURRENT EVENTS
Drew’s comedy pilot Wander Women will celebrate its World Premiere at the 2025 Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 1! Come to the TCL Chinese Theater to watch Hannah and Eve escape their doomsday cult and experience their first day in the modern world. Executive Produced by THE Ann-Margret, the show will tour nationwide. Next stop: SeriesFest, hosted by Amy Schumer!
SURVIVOR MADE ON TOUR
Drew’s feature documentary Survivor Made, following survivors of gender based violence who help each other escape their harm doers, is screening nationwide. Executive Produced by Padma Lakshmi, Nava Mau, and Roxane Gay and featuring songs by FKA Twigs.
WANDER WOMEN ON TOUR
SECOND NATURE ON TOUR
Drew’s feature documentary Second Nature, narrated by Elliot Page, proves that queerness abounds in nature and that females often lead the pack. A recipient of the Sundance Documentary Fund Grant and the Frameline Completion Grant, Second Nature will be touring worldwide in 2025.
BACKSTORY
BACKSTORY
Drew’s action comedy film Momster, starring Amanda Plummer and Brianna Hildebrand, premiered in Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was selected for their debut Pride program and called “Tarantino and Nicolas Refn’s queer feminist love child.”
ASKING FOR IT
Harper’s Bazaar called Drew’s one woman show turned Academy Award nominated podcast Asking For It “a Fleabag fix in a post-Fleabag world,” and The New Yorker called it “dark and hooky.” Enjoy wherever you get your podcasts!
MOMSTER
QUEER HABITS
Marta Kaufman’s shingle OK Goodnight is producing a narrative television series based on Drew’s documentary Queer Habits—following drag queen nuns who save a rural homophobic community from ruin.
The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With My Pants On
Drew’s first feature The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With My Pants On won Best Feature, Best First Feature and Best Cinematography in its 50-festival run, earning her a spot in The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” list, where she was named “an auteur to watch.”
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
Stay tuned for Love and Chaos, a feature comedy film with an all star cast, Queer Habits, a mockumentary about the “evils” of drag queen nuns, and Opening Act, a musical rom com with writer/producer Jaclyn Moore which received the Second Rounder honor at the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition in 2024.
Contact
Contact
Allies in Arts
Drew’s passion to bring marginalized voices to the forefront inspired her to found the non-profit organization Allies in Arts which supports artists of all mediums who are women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ through screenings, exhibitions, public art interventions and paid educational opportunities.