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'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 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'', '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', and '' Backdraft'' as well as the Emmy Awarding winning MGM/UA series ''

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''. Lewis led production on Warner Bros' film '' August Rush'', producing both the film and its Oscar and

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nominated soundtrack, as well as the Broadway musical 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 Mars who dreams of coming to Earth. In 2020, Lewis co-produced the thriller feature film '' Inheritance'' for his company

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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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