Vera Drew
A genuine multi-hyphenate, Vera Drew is a Los Angeles-based director, writer, editor, and actor. Vera won the 2024 Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director for her debut feature film THE PEOPLE’S JOKER. The film has also received a nomination for the 2025 John Cassavetes Award by the Film Independent Spirit Awards and was awarded the The Narrative Committee Renegade Award at the 2024 Indies. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER was released theatrically in the U.S. and Canada by Altered Innocence and had its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2019, Vera's talent was recognized by the Television Academy with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming for her work editing Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime comedy series WHO IS AMERICA. Having creatively incubated at Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's production company Abso Lutely Productions, Vera has edited and contributed visual effects to dozens of iconic comedy television shows, including CHECK IT OUT! WITH DR. STEVE BRULE (Adult Swim), THE BIRTHDAY BOYS (IFC), KRFT PUNK’S POLITICAL PARTY (Adult Swim), I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE (Netflix), COMEDY BANG! BANG! (IFC), and ON CINEMA (Adult Swim). She is further known for her work on AN EMMY FOR MEGAN, her role as producer/director/co-writer of BEEF HOUSE, and for launching the Adult Swim streaming network, Channel 5 for which she wrote and directed four comedy series: I Love David, Tim and Eric Quiz, Scum, and Our Bodies. In 2025, Vera co-starred with Josh Fadem and Barbara Crampton in Mickey Reece’s EVERY HEAVY THING. She also recently served as editor on Alice Maio Mackay’s films CARNAGE FOR CHRISTMAS and THE SERPENT’S NEST. She is currently directing her next feature.
