| Brad Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1958 |
| Occupation | Film Producer, Visual Effects Producer, Director, Voice Actor |
Bradford "Brad" Lewis[1] (born c. 1958)[2] is an American film producer and local politician. He produced DreamWorks' Antz and, for Pixar, the Oscar winning Ratatouille. He is a former mayor of the city of San Carlos, California. He also was director of the English version of Ponyo.
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Personal life
Lewis was raised in San Mateo, California and moved to nearby San Carlos in 1991.[3] He is married with two children.[1]
Career
Lewis attended California State University, Fresno from which he received a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts in 1980.[4]
He worked as a production assistant on the The Merv Griffin Show and performed (as a "dancing monster") in a stage production of Sesame Street. [5]
Lewis worked at computer animation company Pacific Data Images (which became part of Dreamworks) for thirteen years (rising to become executive vice president) on many projects including the feature film Antz, an Emmy Award winning Hanna Barbera special, and was to have directed Dreamworks' (cancelled) movie Tusker. He also produced the Homer³ segment of The Simpsons [4] before moving to PDI's competitor Pixar to work on Ratatouille.
He is currently directing Cars 2 which will be released in summer 2011.[6]
Local politics
Lewis served five years on the San Carlos Parks & Recreation Commission before being elected to the city's council in 2005.[1] He became vice-mayor in 2006[2] and mayor in 2007.
Filmography
- The Last Holloween (1991) Executive Producer for Pacific Data Images
- Bushwhacked Producer for PDI
- Broken Arrow (1996) Executive Producer
- The Arrival (1996) Executive Producer / Vice Presedent of PDI
- The Peacemaker (1997) Executive Producer for PDI
- A Simple Wish (1997) Executive Producer
- Antz (1998) Producer
- Forces of Nature (1999) Line Producer
- Shrek (2001) Special Thanks
- The Incredibles (2004) Associate Producer / Additional Voices
- Ratatouille (2007) Producer / Additional Voices
- Your Friend the Rat (2007) (Executive Producer)
- Ponyo (2009) English Language Director
- Cars 2 (2011) Director
References
- ^ a b c "Mayor Brad Lewis", City of San Carlos website
- ^ a b "Lewis new mayor of San Carlos" Mark Abramson, Oakland Tribune, December 26, 2007 gives his age (as of 2007) as 49
- ^ The League of Women Voters' page on his election (link) notes that, as of the 2005 election, he had been resident in San Carlos for 14 years
- ^ a b "Alum Brad Lewis wins Golden Globe for Ratatouille", fresnostatenews.com (the public relations website of Fresno State University) January 15, 2008
- ^ "Brad Lewis" (a brief biographical note accompanying a speaking engagement)
- ^ "The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012". Walt Disney Company, via PRNewswire. 2008-04-08. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-08-2008/0004789174&EDATE=. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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