Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner is an Emmy and Film Festival Awards-Winning Cinematographer with over three decades of experience in film and television, with a clients including Donato's Pizza, Victoria's Secret, Limited Brands and working as a camera operator on television shows. In addition to shooting, Andy creates projection design for live shows and
Andy Gardner is an Emmy and Film Festival Awards-Winning Cinematographer with over three decades of experience in film and television, with a clients including Donato's Pizza, Victoria's Secret, Limited Brands and working as a camera operator on television shows. In addition to shooting, Andy creates projection design for live shows and visual effects for both film and broadcast commercials, earning a film festival nomination for Best Visual Effects in London, UK. He has multiple wins in the categories of Best Documentary, Best Suspense/Thriller and Best Comedy Web Series at film festivals across the US and Europe, in addition to an Emmy Award for his Cinematography on "Queens of Columbus", a documentary about the then underground world of female illusionist in the time of AIDS, Andy also received an Emmy Award for Audio Post-Production as well as an Emmy nomination for Music Composition for one of his scores.
BS in Telecommunication (audio concentration) with Minors in Film and Music Composition from Ohio University.
Our Clients
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner
Leapyear's client list is diverse, from corporate entities needing a short video or commercial; to indie directors with a screenplay they need produced; to a non-profit wanting a documentary that not only involved the shoot itself but raising the funds to travel to a third world country for filming; to a local health care provider, wantin
Leapyear's client list is diverse, from corporate entities needing a short video or commercial; to indie directors with a screenplay they need produced; to a non-profit wanting a documentary that not only involved the shoot itself but raising the funds to travel to a third world country for filming; to a local health care provider, wanting to partner for an addiction and recovery program. We relish the opportunity to work with varied people and companies both near and far. Many shoots have been near to our studio in Ohio but have also taken us to New York City, Illinois, Iowa, Jamaica, and Malawi.
Live Events
Andy Gardner
Live Events
Leapyear has produced live events, including producing and directing TEDxMansfield, a six-hour celebration of the community's metamorphosis from crumbling former industrial giant to the arts-filled community that it is now becoming; featuring six speakers, live music (jazz, classical, comic opera, folk, rock), an interactive art project,
Leapyear has produced live events, including producing and directing TEDxMansfield, a six-hour celebration of the community's metamorphosis from crumbling former industrial giant to the arts-filled community that it is now becoming; featuring six speakers, live music (jazz, classical, comic opera, folk, rock), an interactive art project, an aerialist, poetry, dance, a living red carpet, food and a short film we made to open the show. Leapyear has also produced projection mapping and animation for live ballet performances; a clip of "A 1940s Nutcracker" can be seen here.
Latest Works
Symbol of Strength
Symbol of Strength
Symbol of Strength
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best US Drama at Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2025. Winner Best Producer
Cinema Odyssey Film Awards, 2024.
Symbol of Strength tells the story of the increase in teen sexual abuse in the United States. Made in partnership with the Domestic Violence Shelter of Richland County to anchor
Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best US Drama at Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2025. Winner Best Producer
Cinema Odyssey Film Awards, 2024.
Symbol of Strength tells the story of the increase in teen sexual abuse in the United States. Made in partnership with the Domestic Violence Shelter of Richland County to anchor a juried art and poetry competition on the topic. Working with local young people who are part of the shelter's program adds an element of honesty to the film, giving them a greater sense of ownership of the project and their story.
recovered
Symbol of Strength
Symbol of Strength
Winner of Best US Drama Short at Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2024
Leapyear partnered with a local healthcare organization that had a creative idea; teaming people who have gone through addiction and recovery with someone in the art world via the mediums of poetry, music, painting, photography and dance and us represented filmmaking.
Winner of Best US Drama Short at Austin Revolution Film Festival, 2024
Leapyear partnered with a local healthcare organization that had a creative idea; teaming people who have gone through addiction and recovery with someone in the art world via the mediums of poetry, music, painting, photography and dance and us represented filmmaking. "recovered", is a collaboration with local dancer, poet and musician friends, illustrating one man's story of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The trailer can be seen here.
The Bride Price
Symbol of Strength
The Bride Price
Winner Best Documentary
at film festivals in New York, Paris, Indianapolis and La Jolla in 2021 and 2022.
The Bride Price has completed its very successful festival run, winning many "Best Documentary" awards and finalist status for both a Humanitarian Award from Accolade Global Film Competition and a nomination for Best Documentary Direc
Winner Best Documentary
at film festivals in New York, Paris, Indianapolis and La Jolla in 2021 and 2022.
The Bride Price has completed its very successful festival run, winning many "Best Documentary" awards and finalist status for both a Humanitarian Award from Accolade Global Film Competition and a nomination for Best Documentary Director from a festival in London, UK.
Now in nationwide distribution through NETA to PBS stations nationwide and available on the PBS app.
Symbol of Strength: "Give Voice to People Whose Voice Has Been Taken Away."
The Bride Price: "The Bride Price has already won multiple accolades butno award or review will top the endorsement of Kachindamoto. "
Neos Dance Theatre: "Andy's work is very clean, and he comes with a wealth of history and work that influences the collaboration in a very positive and deep way."
Neos Dance Theatre: "Count... The Legend of Dracula sets itself apart from hackneyed seasonal entertainments with eye-popping projections by Emmy Award-winning Visual Effects Artist Andy Gardner."
"Stunning multimedia projections by Emmy Award-winner Andy Gardner had no small part in those productions."
Neos Dance Theatre: "Neos will reprise Fenn's cartoonish, colorful Nothing in Particular, including animation and visual effects by Andy Gardner and costumes by Inda Blatch-Geib."
A 1940s Nutcracker: "Gardner is using projection mapping to create a virtual 3D map of Mansfield as it was in the 1940s, which will be projected onto screens during performances."
Real Mommy Confessions: "Attention all moms! This video series will make you LOL! Celebrates the sometimes not-so-pretty side of being a mom."
Real Mommy Confessions: Si vous êtes papa ou une maman, ma sélection du jour est faite pour vous ! Dans Real Mommy Confessions, maman cache des affaires de femmes !
Neos Dance Theatre: "The collaboration of Emmy Award-winning Andy Gardner, choreographer Bobby Wesner, and writer Michael Thomas has produced a thrilling multimedia event combining rock, pop, and industrial music with video imagining and the innovative staging that has become the hallmark of Neos Dance Theatre."
Neos Dance Theatre: "The ballet's magic mirror was a marvelous film projection effect by the Emmy Award-winning Andy Gardner that lit up the stage and added to the ballet's above average production value."
Real Mommy Confessions: "Real Mommy Confessions understands the judgmental cashier phobia that can hit you right in the gut, and with their hysterical new video, they encourage moms to take pride in that Monistat shopping trip!"