Warren Lewis is an American film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his screenwriting contributions on the films '' Black Rain'' (1989, directed by

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) and ''

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'' (1999, directed by

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). He also worked as an assistant film director on numerous studio and independent films, including

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's ''

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'' (1982),

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' '' The Boys Next Door'' (1985) and McTiernan's directorial debut film ''

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'' (1986). Lewis has an extensive background in film and video production. Lewis' original and developed screenplays, television pilots and adaptations include the adaptation of the novel ''

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''; ''The Tale of the Bloodstone Riders'', a western set against the background of post Civil War reconstruction Texas; and ''Dress Blues'', a story set in the home front of the Vietnam War and the events of the

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. ''A World Away'', The Point - A TV drama set in The United States Military Academy And an adaptation of S. Ansky's play ''

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'', is casting. Lewis is an active educator in screenwriting. He is a professor in the screenwriting program at the

California State University at Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...

and teaches beginning and advanced screenwriting at the

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Writer's program via

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. He is a frequent guest lecturer at University film and writing programs. His academic research on the contributions of Vitagaph Studios (1897-1925) to U.S. film authorship is ongoing. Lewis is the 2014 recipient of the Person of Letters award from the La Jolla Writers Conference. The jury prize at the Wallachia ( Romania) international film festival and was awarded at the American Screenwriters Conference in 2021.

Biography

Lewis studied media at CUNY, cinema at The State University of New York at Binghamton (now

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university with campuses in Binghamton, New York, Binghamton, Vestal, New York, Vestal, and Johnson City, New Yor ...

) and is a graduate of

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. He studied screenwriting at

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with

Samson Raphaelson Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was a leading American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called ' ...

. In 2000, Lewis married the author Constance Young.

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