Brad Lewis

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Bradford "Brad" Lewis [1] (born c.1958[2]) is a American film producer and local politician. He produced DreamWorks' Antz and, for Pixar, the Oscar winning Ratatouille. He is the current mayor of the city of San Carlos, California.

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[edit] Biography

Lewis was raised in San Mateo, California and moved to nearby San Carlos in 1991[3] He is married with two children. [1]

[edit] Professional career

He attended California State University, Fresno from which he received a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts in 1980.[4]

We 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 exective 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 2012.[6]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Mayor Brad Lewis", City of San Carlos website
  2. ^ a b "Lewis new mayor of San Carlos" Mark Abramson, Oakland Tribune, December 26, 2007 gives his age (as of 2007) as 49
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b "Alum Brad Lewis wins Golden Globe for Ratatouille", fresnostatenews.com (the public relations website of Fresno State University) January 15, 2008
  5. ^ "Brad Lewis" (a brief biographical note accompanying a speaking engagement)
  6. ^ "The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012", Walt Disney Company, via PRNewswire, 2008-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-04-08. 

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