Richard Barton Lewis (born September 20, 1953) is an American film producer and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Southpaw Entertainment and co-founder of Trilogy Entertainment.
Education
Lewis is a graduate of UC Berkeley's department of Biological Anthropology, and received his master's degree from UCLA's School of Motion Picture and Television Production.
Career
Lewis has produced many films, soundtracks, and hours of primetime television. Lewis's productions have received more than 135 Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe and other entertainment awards. He has developed and produced Oscar nominated films such as August Rush, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Backdraft as well as the Emmy Awarding winning MGM/UA series The Outer Limits.
Lewis led production on Warner Bros' film August Rush, producing both the film and its Oscar and Grammy nominated soundtrack, as well as the Broadway musical adapted by director John Doyle. He also produced the sci-fi love story, The Space Between Us. Asa Butterfield starred in this interplanetary adventure based on a story co-written by Lewis about the first human born on Mars who dreams of coming to Earth.
In 2020, Lewis co-produced the thriller feature film Inheritance for his company Southpaw Entertainment.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
Sources
- "Richard Barton Lewis". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
External links
- Richard B. Lewis at IMDb
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