FROM VIDEO EDITING, TO VISUAL EFFECTS ARTIST, TO ARTISTIC DIRECTION, RYAN DRAKE IS A CREATIVE AT HEART. WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE, HE HAS CREATED JAW-DROPPING VISUALS FOR SOME OF TODAY’S BIGGEST BRANDS AND POP ICONS. HIS MOST NOTABLE WORK INCLUDES VISUAL EFECTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES FILMS FOR MADONNA, VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR L’OREAL, AS WELL AS TOUR CONTENT CREATION FOR BEYONCE’S ON THE RUN II TOUR. HE’S ALSO WORKED ON BEYONCE’S HOMECOMING FOR NETFLIX, AND HER MOST AMBITIOUS TOUR TO DATE, THE FORMATION WORLD TOUR.

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Live | Madame X Tour
Live | Madame X Tour V2
Live | Madame X Tour V3
Live | Madame X Tour V4

THE MADAME X TOUR WAS THE ELEVENTH CONCERT TOUR BY MADONNA, IN SUPPORT OF HER FOURTEENTH STUDIO ALBUM MADAME X. THIS MARKED THE FIRST TIME THE SINGER TOURED SMALL VENUES SINCE 1985'S THE VIRGIN TOUR. FOR THIS TOUR, I WAS COMMISSIONED TO CREATE UNIQUE VISUALS WHICH WOULD BE PROJECTED ONTO A MOVING SET.

Live | Beyonce On The Run Tour
Live | Beyonce On The Run Tour V2
Live | Beyonce On The Run Tour V3
Live | Beyonce On The Run Tour V4

THE ON THE RUN II TOUR WAS THE SECOND CO-HEADLINING STADIUM TOUR BY BEYONCÉ AND JAY-Z. I CREATED VISUAL CONTENT AND INTERSTITIALS FOR THE MASSIVE FOUR-STORY VIDEO SCREEN. BILLBOARD RANKED ON THE RUN II TOUR AS THE 3RD-HIGHEST-GROSSING TOUR OF THE YEAR, SELLING OVER 2,177,049 TICKETS AND GROSSING OVER $253 MILLION.

Live | Global Citizens Beyonce

ON DECEMBER 2, 2018, BEYONCE ALONGSIDE JAY-Z HEADLINED THE GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL: MANDELA 100 WHICH WAS HELD AT FNB STADIUM IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. I WAS COMMISSIONED TO HELP WITH AN ADAPTED VERSION OF THEIR 2-HOUR ON THE RUN II SHOW, WHICH PAID TRIBUTE TO AFRICA'S DIVERSITY.

Live | Coachella Homecoming
Live | Coachella Homecoming V2
Live | Coachella Homecoming V3

IN 2018, BEYONCÉ HEADLINED THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. HER PERFORMANCE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CULTURE OF THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, FEATURING A FULL MARCHING BAND AND MAJORETTE DANCERS. I CREATED VISUALS FOR THE MASSIVE LED SCREEN TO SUPPORT BEYONCE'S OVERALL VISION. THE PERFORMANCES WERE RECORDED AND RELEASED AS A NETFLIX-ORIGINAL CONCERT FILM, HOMECOMING, ON APRIL 17, 2019, ACCOMPANIED BY A LIVE ALBUM. HOMECOMING LIKEWISE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CONCERT FILMS OF ALL TIME.

Live | Formation
Live | Formation V2
Live | Formation V3
Live | Formation V4

THE FORMATION WORLD TOUR WAS THE SEVENTH CONCERT TOUR BY BEYONCE IN SUPPORT OF HER SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM, LEMONADE. I CREATED VISUAL CONTENT AND INTERSTITIALS WHICH WERE DEPLOYED ON A GIGANTIC MONOLITH THAT SAT AT THE CENTER OF THE STAGE. THE TOUR RANKED AT #1 AND #2 ON POLLSTAR’S 2016 MID-YEAR TOP 100 TOURS CHART FOR BOTH NORTH AMERICA AND WORLDWIDE.