Brad Lewis

He is a two-time Emmy winner for his work on The Last Halloween and ABC's Monday Night Football. He is a former mayor of the city of San Carlos, California.

Brad Lewis studied at California State University, Fresno and Aragon High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film production, film direction and animated film. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States.

• Name — Brad Lewis • Born — 29 April 1958 • Birthplace — Sacramento County, California, U.S. • Education — California State University, Fresno (BA) • Occupation — Film producer, director, writer, politician

Lewis was born in Sacramento County, California. He was raised in San Mateo, California and moved to nearby San Carlos in 1991. Lewis graduated from Fresno State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Brad has two children, Jackson and Ella, and is married to Andrea McCarthy Lewis.

For over thirteen years Lewis worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI), a computer animation and visual effects production company. He served as executive Producer and Vice President of Production, and lead the expansion of the partnership with DreamWorks SKG. Prior to PDI while working in NYC, he produced, designed and directed computer graphics for ESPN and Showtime. He also was the executive in charge of visual effects at VCA Teletronics and worked with the top advertising agencies. Lewis produced many commercials and visual effects for feature films while at PDI. Of his many "firsts" in computer animation he produced The Bud Bowl, Pillsbury Doughboy, Hamburger Helper amongst many others television specials. In 1991 he received a Sports Emmy Awards for graphic design on ABC's Monday Night Football. In 1992 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects on The Last Halloween, for which Hanna-Barbera used CGI animation instead of traditional animation for the first time. In 1995 Lewis produced "Treehouse of Horror VI", the first 3D episode of The Simpsons, with a three-dimensional Homer Simpson. Lewis then served as producer on films such as Broken Arrow (1996), The Arrival (1996), The Peacemaker (1997), Antz (1998) and Forces of Nature (1999). He was to direct the cancelled animated film Tusker with Tim Johnson. Lewis left the company shortly after it was purchased by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. Additionally, Lewis' commercial production work netted him two Clios.

Brad Lewis joined Pixar in November 2001; his first credit was on The Incredibles as an actor. He served as producer on Ratatouille in 2007 and later went on to co-direct Cars 2 in 2011. He co-directed the English voice version of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo in 2009.

Lewis left Pixar to join Digital Domain in 2011, at their Tradition Studios division in Florida where he was to direct animated features. After Digital Domain's bankruptcy filing and their shutdown and layoffs at Tradition Studios, Lewis joined Warner Bros. as a producer. He produced Storks which was released on September 23, 2016, and was executive producer on The Lego Batman Movie. Lewis returned to DreamWorks Animation to produce How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. After leaving Warner Bros, he Co-founded Spire Animation Studios with PJ Gunsagar and developed two feature films, Trouble and Century Goddess. He partnered with CAA and Epic Games.

Lewis served five years on the San Carlos Parks & Recreation Commission before being elected to the city's council in 2005. He became vice-mayor in 2006, and mayor in 2007. He served in the San Carlos City Council in 2010.

• Year — Title — Role • 2001 — Shrek — Special Thanks • 2007 — Guys Choice — Consultant • 2009 — Tracy — Doug Howard • 2016 — Blood Sombrero — Thanks

Brad Lewis is recorded as having studied at California State University, Fresno and Aragon High School.

• Year — Title — Director — Story — Producer — Other — Notes • 1995 — Bushwhacked — Executive • 1996 — Broken Arrow — Executive • The Arrival — Visual Effects, Executive Producer - PDI • 1997 — A Simple Wish • The Peacemaker • 1998 — Antz • 1999 — Forces of Nature — Visual Effects, Executive Producer - PDI • 2004 — The Incredibles — Additional Voices • 2007 — Ratatouille • 2009 — Ponyo — Director: English Dub, US Version • 2011 — Cars 2 — Co-Director — Voice of Tubbs Pacer • 2016 — Storks • 2017 — The Lego Batman Movie — Executive • 2019 — How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• Year — Title — Producer — Notes • 1991 — The Last Halloween — Executive — Executive Producer: PDI • 1995 — The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VI — Executive • 2007 — Your Friend the Rat — Executive • 2016 — Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby