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Bradford Clark Lewis (born April 29, 1958) is an American politician, film producer and animation director. He produced Antz, the Oscar-winning Ratatouille, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. He also co-directed Cars 2 and produced Storks. He is a former mayor of the city of San Carlos, California.[1]

Brad Lewis
Lewis at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born	(1958-04-29) April 29, 1958 (age 64) Sacramento County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Fresno State University
Occupation	Politician, film producer, animation director

Personal life

Lewis was born in Sacramento County, California. He was raised in San Mateo, California and moved to nearby San Carlos in 1991.[2] Lewis graduated from Fresno State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, and lives in San Carlos, California. Brad has a son, Jackson Lewis, and a daughter Ella Dale Lewis.

Career

Pacific Data Images

Lewis worked at Pacific Data Images (PDI) for over thirteen years where he served as Vice President of Productions. He served as representing 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.[3] Lewis left the company shortly after it was purchased by DreamWorks.^{[citation needed]}

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5] Lewis returned to DreamWorks Animation to produce How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.[6]

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.[7]

Filmography

Feature Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Other	Notes
1995	Bushwhacked	No	No	Executive	No
1996	Broken Arrow	No	No	Executive	No
	The Arrival	No	No	No	Yes	Visual Effects; Executive Producer - PDI
1997	A Simple Wish	No	No	No	Yes
	The Peacemaker	No	No	No	Yes
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
2009	Ponyo	No	No	No	Yes	Director: English Dub, US Version
2011	Cars 2	Co-Director	Original Story	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
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

References

External links

• Brad Lewis at IMDb
• Brad Lewis' 2005 election website

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