Residence Los Angeles, CA Name Richard Lewis Known for August Rush | Occupation Producer Nationality American Role Film producer | |
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Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, Gemini Award for Best Short Dramatic Program Nominations Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Dramatic Series Movies and TV shows August Rush, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Robin Hood: Prince of, Blown Away, Eulogy Similar People John Watson, Pen Densham, Paul Castro, Kirsten Sheridan, James V Hart | ||
Richard Barton Lewis is an American film producer and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Southpaw Entertainment, and formerly a co-founder and partner of Trilogy Entertainment for 17 years. 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.
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 Tony Award-winner director John Doyle.
At Trilogy, Lewis produced the Showtime series The Outer Limits and created the Sci-Fi Channel's Poltergeist: The Legacy. He also produced the CBS Emmy-winning series The Magnificent Seven, and the double Emmy-winning first-run series, Fame L.A., for which he won an Emmy for writing and producing the theme song. After leaving Trilogy, Lewis and his former Trilogy partners produced Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Backdraft.
At Southpaw, Lewis produced and co-financed four motion pictures: August Rush, Eulogy, House of D, and Brooklyn Rules. Lewis' other credits include the feature films Moll Flanders, Blown Away, and Larger Than Life.