Richard Barton Lewis (born September 20, 1953) 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, and received his master's degree from UCLA's School of Motion Picture and Television Production.
Career Lewis has produced many films, soundtracks, and hours of primetime 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 The Outer Limits.
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 director John Doyle. He also produced the sci-fi love story, The Space Between Us. Asa Butterfield 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 Southpaw Entertainment.
Filmography YearTitleRoleEpisode Count 2024 The Fabulous Four Producer 2021 Every Breath You Take Producer 2020 Inheritance Producer2017The Space Between UsProducer2014Some Kind of BeautifulProducer2007August RushProducer2007Brooklyn RulesProducer2004EulogyProducer2004House of DProducer1995-2001The Outer LimitsExecutive Producer75 episodes1996-1999Poltergeist: The LegacyExecutive Producer70 episodes1998HoudiniExecutive Producer1998CreatureExecutive Producer1998The Magnificent SevenExecutive Producer9 episodes1998The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeExecutive Producer1997Buffalo SoldiersExecutive Producer1997Fame L.A.Executive Producer1996Larger than LifeExecutive Producer1996Moll FlandersProducer1995Tank GirlProducer1994Blown AwayProducer1993Taking LibertyExecutive Producer1993LifepodExecutive Producer1993Space RangersExecutive Producer1 episode1991Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesProducer1991BackdraftProducer1990A Gnome Named GnormProducer1988The KissProducer1985The Zoo GangCo-producer1984Best RevengeAssociate Producer
Awards and nominations Year Award Television series Award/nomination shared with Result1995 CableACE Award for Dramatic Series The Outer Limits Maribeth Derry, Tom Snow, Robbie Buchanan 1996 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series The Outer Limits, episode "Sandkings" John Watson, Pen Densham, Justis Greene, James Nadler 1997 Gemini Award forBest Short Dramatic Program The Outer Limits, episode "A Stitch in Time" James Nadler, Brad Wright, Brent-Karl Clackson, Pen Densham, John Watson Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series The Outer Limits Jonathan Glassner, Sam Egan, John Watson, Brent-Karl Clackson, Brad Wright, James Nadler, Pen Densham 1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Fame L.A. 2000 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series The Outer Limits season 4 Sam Egan, Brent-Karl Clackson, John Watson, Pen Densham 2001 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series The Outer Limits John Watson, Mark Stern, Brent-Karl Clackson, Pen Densham, Sam Egan
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