# Brad Lewis

Bradford Clark Lewis (born April 29, 1958) is an American film producer, director, writer and politician. He produced Antz, the Oscar-winning Ratatouille, Storks, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Producing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. He also co-directed Cars 2 for Pixar. 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.

## Personal life

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 a son, Jackson Lewis, and a daughter Ella Dale Lewis. He is married to Andrea McCarthy Lewis.

## Career
### Pacific Data Images

Lewis worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI) for over thirteen years where he served as executive Producer, Vice President of Production, and lead the expansion of the partnership with DreamWorks/SKG. He served as producer for PDI on films such as Forces of Nature, The Peacemaker and Broken Arrow. Lewis produced television specials such as Hanna-Barbera's The Last Halloween, for which he won an Emmy, and the first 3D episode of The Simpsons. He received a second Emmy for graphic design utilized on ABC's Monday Night Football. Additionally, Lewis' commercial production work netted him two Clios. He also served as producer on Antz. Lewis was to direct the cancelled animated film Tusker with Tim Johnson. Lewis left the company shortly after it was purchased by DreamWorks.

### Pixar

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.

### Recent

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.
Lewis Co-founded Spire Animation Studios Inc. in 2020 where he served as Chief Creative Officer.

## Local politics

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.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director | Story | Producer | Other | Notes |
| 1995 | Bushwhacked | No | No | Executive | No | |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | No | No | Executive | No | |
| 1996 | The Arrival | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI |
| 1997 | A Simple Wish | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI |
| 1997 | The Peacemaker | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI |
| 1998 | Antz | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature | No | No | No | Yes | Visual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional Voices |
| 2009 | Ponyo | No | No | No | Yes | Director: English Dub, US Version |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Co-Director | Yes | No | Yes | Voice of Tubbs Pacer |
| 2016 | Storks | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | No | No | Executive | No | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | No | No | Yes | No | |

#### Short Films and Television

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

#### Other Credits

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