Brad Lewis

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Brad Lewis
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Lewis at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born (1958-04-29) April 29, 1958 (age 67)
Sacramento County, California, U.S.
Alma mater Fresno State University
Occupation(s)Film producer, director, writer, politician

Bradford Clark Lewis (born April 29, 1958) is an American film producer, director, writer and politician. He produced Antz , the Oscar-winning Ratatouille , Storks , and was nominated for an Academy Award for producing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World . He also co-directed Cars 2 for Pixar. He is a two-time Emmy winner for his work on The Last Halloween and ABC's Monday Night Football. He is a former mayor of the city of San Carlos, California. [1]

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Personal life

Lewis was born in Sacramento County, California. He was raised in San Mateo, California and moved to nearby San Carlos in 1991. [2] Lewis graduated from Fresno State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Brad has a son, Jackson Lewis, and a daughter Ella Dale Lewis. He is married to Andrea McCarthy Lewis.

Career

Pacific Data Images

For over thirteen years Lewis worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI), a computer animation and visual effects production company. He served as executive Producer and Vice President of Production, and lead the expansion of the partnership with DreamWorks SKG.

Lewis first produced television specials. In 1991 he received a Sports Emmy Awards for graphic design on ABC's Monday Night Football . In 1992 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects on The Last Halloween , for which Hanna-Barbera used CGI animation instead of traditional animation for the first time. In 1995 Lewis produced "Treehouse of Horror VI", the first 3D episode of The Simpsons , with a three-dimensional Homer Simpson.

Lewis then served as producer on films such as Broken Arrow (1996), The Arrival (1996), The Peacemaker (1997), Antz (1998) and Forces of Nature (1999). He was to direct the cancelled animated film Tusker with Tim Johnson. [3] Lewis left the company shortly after it was purchased by DreamWorks SKG in 2000.[ citation needed ]

Additionally, Lewis' commercial production work netted him two Clios.

Pixar

Brad Lewis joined Pixar in November 2001; his first credit was on The Incredibles as an actor. He served as producer on Ratatouille in 2007 and later went on to co-direct Cars 2 in 2011. [4] He co-directed the English voice version of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo in 2009.

Recent

Lewis left Pixar to join Digital Domain in 2011, at their Tradition Studios division in Florida where he was to direct animated features. [5] After Digital Domain's bankruptcy filing and their shutdown and layoffs at Tradition Studios, Lewis joined Warner Bros. as a producer. He produced Storks which was released on September 23, 2016, and was executive producer on The Lego Batman Movie . [5] Lewis returned to DreamWorks Animation to produce How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World . [6]

Local politics

Lewis served five years on the San Carlos Parks & Recreation Commission before being elected to the city's council in 2005. He became vice-mayor in 2006, and mayor in 2007. He served in the San Carlos City Council in 2010. [7]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitle Director Story Producer OtherNotes
1995 Bushwhacked NoNoExecutiveNo
1996 Broken Arrow NoNoExecutiveNo
The Arrival NoNoNoYesVisual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI
1997 A Simple Wish NoNoNoYes
The Peacemaker NoNoNoYes
1998 Antz NoNoYesNo
1999 Forces of Nature NoNoNoYesVisual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI
2004 The Incredibles NoNoNoYesAdditional Voices
2007 Ratatouille NoNoYesYes
2009 Ponyo NoNoNoYesDirector: English Dub, US Version
2011 Cars 2 Co-DirectorYesNoYesVoice of Tubbs Pacer
2016 Storks NoNoYesNo
2017 The Lego Batman Movie NoNoExecutiveNo
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World NoNoYesNo

Short Films and Television

YearTitle Producer Notes
1991 The Last Halloween ExecutiveExecutive Producer: PDI
1995 The Simpsons : Treehouse of Horror VI Executive
2007 Your Friend the Rat Executive
2016Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New BabyYes

Other Credits

YearTitleRole
2001 Shrek Special Thanks
2007Guys ChoiceConsultant
2009TracyDoug Howard
2016Blood SombreroThanks

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor Brad Lewis City announcement" Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , City of San Carlos website; accessed September 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ The League of Women Voters' page on his election (link) notes that, as of the 2005 election, he had been resident in San Carlos for 14 years
  3. ↑ DeMott, Rick (April 12, 2000). "Tusker's Top Voices". Animation World Network. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012". Walt Disney Company, via PRNewswire. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  5. 1 2 Giardina, Carolyn (2011-06-29). "'Cars 2' Co-Director Brad Lewis Joining Digital Domain's Animation Studio". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  6. ↑ "F. Murray Abraham to Get Evil for DreamWorks Animation's 'How to Train Your Dragon 3'". 15 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mayor Brad Lewis", City of San Carlos website; accessed September 1, 2015.
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