Drew Takahashi

Visual Effects

Drew is presently the Emperor of Funjacket Enterprises. Previously he was co- founder and Chief Creative Officer of (Colossal) Pictures). Using any and all techniques in film and video, he directed or creative directed broadcast identities (MTV, Showtime, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon), commercials (Coca-Cola, Intel, Nike, Honda and Levi’s) music videos (Bobby McFerrin, Prince, Joe Cocker, Kronos Quartet) and interfaces (Apple, Americast, Nuvana, Microsoft). At Funjacket, Drew continues to design and direct an even more diverse range of projects including naming and identities (Laika Entertainment, House Special, Nuvana), corporate communications (Apple, Intel, Mozilla, Inkling), games (CPB, Nike Foundation, Stanford D School, Alameda Probation Department) and animated portions of documentaries (National Geographic, NRDC, Sea Studios, Actual Pictures, Room 608). Drew lives with his wife and two of four of his children in San Mateo, CA. He has one dog. His cat died.