Drew Houpt is a producer with Secret Engine, a New York-based production company that he founded with producers Lucas Joaquin and Alex Scharfman. In 2015, he completed both the Sundance and Film Independent Producing Labs. For over 10 years he was the head of operations at Mike Zoss Productions, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Tribeca-based production company. During that time he worked on the Academy Award-winning film “No Country For Old Men” and the Academy Award-nominated features “A Serious Man” and “True Grit.” He served as Associate Producer on the Coens’ Cannes Grand Prix-winning “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Academy Award-winning film “Birdman: Or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance.”

He co-produced Maris Curran’s directorial-debut “Five Nights In Maine” and Mark Elijah Rosenberg’s “Approaching The Unknown.” He has also produced two documentaries for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, “Every Day” that had its premiere at Sundance 2015, and “Hit It Hard” which premiered at SXSW 2016. Most recently he is produced Eliza Hittman’s second feature “Beach Rats” with Cinereach and Animal Kingdom. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival where it won the award for Best Director, US Dramatic Film.