Richard Barton Lewis is an American film producer and writer. He is the founder and CEO of

Southpaw Entertainment Richard Barton Lewis 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, an ...

and co-founder of Trilogy Entertainment.

Education

Lewis is a graduate of

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...

's department of Biological Anthropology, and received his master's degree from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

's School of Motion Picture and Television Production.

Career

Lewis has produced 16 films, 11 soundtracks, and over 300 hours of prime time 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 ''August Rush'' is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and produced by Richard Barton Lewis. The screenplay is by Nick Castle and James V. Hart, with a story by Paul Castro and Castle. A co-production between the United State ...

'', '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', and ''

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'' as well as the Emmy Awarding winning MGM/UA series '' The Outer Limits''. Lewis led production on

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' film ''

'', producing both the film and its

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and Grammy nominated soundtrack, as well as the

Broadway musical Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Th ...

adapted by director John Doyle. His most recent release was the sci-fi love story, '' The Space Between Us''.

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starred in this interplanetary adventure based on a story co-written by Lewis about the first human born on

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who dreams of coming to

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. In 2020, Lewis co-produced the thriller feature film ''

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'' for his company

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

Sources

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Richard B American film producers Living people Primetime Emmy Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) American chief executives University of California, Berkeley alumni UCLA Film School alumni American film production company founders 1953 births