Brad Lewis

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

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

Short Films and Television

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

Other Credits

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

External links

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• Brad Lewis' 2005 election website