Cause of death Lung cancer Role Screenwriter Name Robert Lewin | Years active 1956–1988 Occupation Screenwriter | |
Born May 9, 1920 ( 1920-05-09 ) New York City, New York, US Died August 28, 2004, Santa Monica, California, United States Nominations Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Movies 11001001, The Bold and the Brave, Judd - for the Defense, Symbiosis Similar People Carl Betz, Gene Roddenberry, Mickey Rooney, Dorothy Kingsley, Lee Grant | ||
Robert Lewin (May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Bold and the Brave, and Emmy nominated for the television series The Paper Chase and Baretta.
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Early life
Robert Lewin was born in New York, and went on to attend Yale University before serving in the United States Army during the Second World War. He subsequently became a reporter for both Life magazine and the Atlanta Constitution.
Screenwriting
Following his experiences during the Second World War, he wrote the screenplay for The Bold and the Brave. It was his first screenplay, and he was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
He moved on to write for television, working on a variety of shows including winning awards from the Writer's Guild of America in both 1968 and 1969 for his work on Judd, for the Defense. He also worked as a producer and was nominated for Emmy Awards for The Paper Chase and Baretta. In January 1987, he was invited to be a producer on Star Trek: The Next Generation by the franchise creator, Gene Roddenberry. The pair had previously worked together on the original Mission: Impossible television series. Lewin's work on that series included co-writing the episode "Datalore", which was the final episode of Star Trek written by Roddenberry. The other episodes that he was credited for writing were "Symbiosis", "11001001" and "The Arsenal of Freedom". Lewin retired after working on the show during the first season, with Maurice Hurley hired to replace him as head writer.