A genuine multi-hyphenate, Vera is an accomplished filmmaker and actor who came up in TV post production. Once known in her alternative comedy circle as an “editor that thinks like a writer,” she expertly edited and contributed visual effects to dozens of iconic comedy televisions shows, including CHECK IT OUT WITH DR. STEVE BRULE, THE BIRTHDAY BOYS, KRFT PUNK’S POLITICAL PARTY (for which she got her first contributing writer credit), season two of I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE, three seasons of COMEDY BANG! BANG! on IFC, and ON CINEMA (she later went onto direct season 12). Having honed her skills at Tim and Eric’s Abso Lutely Productions (a company known for incubating some of the industry’s most unique editors), Vera’s talent as an editor has been recognized by the Television Academy in 2019 when she was nominated for Emmy for her work on Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America.” That same year, she launched Tim and Eric’s streaming TV network (for which she wrote and directed four series and hours of original content) . Prior to that, Vera was a contributor to Highland Park TV and Everything Is Terrible. Most recently, Vera Drew edited and VFX’d Alice Maio Mackay’s holiday horror slasher CARNAGE FOR CHRISTMAS. Vera’s first feature film, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER - a Queer coming of age comic book parody that premiered at TIFF in Fall of 2021to critical acclaim and minor controversy. The film is now available on VOD, Blu-Ray, and VHS and screens around the world constantly!! A proud trans woman born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, she has been making funny, spooky, and/or queer short films and music videos for most of her life.

Emmy-nominated editor Vera Drew has lent her diverse expertise as an editor, director and writer to numerous film and television projects over the last decade. Her background as a director and writer influence her editing style as she focuses on story structure and character development in her edits. She's been described as "an editor that thinks like a writer," and has expertly edited dozens of improv based comedies. Vera honed her editing skills at Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's production company Abso Lutely Productions. 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? (2018). She is further known for her work on An Emmy for Megan (2018) and also helped launch 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.