Director

David Lewis

Production

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 30

TMDB ID: 130233

IMDb ID: nm0507079

Known for: Production

Born: December 14, 1903

Died: March 13, 1987

Age: 83

Place of birth: Trinidad, Colorado, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1928 - 2023

Years active: 96

Average TMDB rating: 6.43

Wikidata: Q2815381

Also known as

David L. Lewis

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Director of Photography (1)Associate Producer (16)Producer (10)Presenter (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Lewis (14 December 1903 in Trinidad, Colorado – 13 March 1987 in Los Angeles), born David Levy, was a prominent Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s, who produced such films as Dark Victory (1939), Arch of Triumph (1948), and Raintree County (1957). He worked for Warner Brothers, Paramount and M-G-M and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946. He was also the longtime companion of director James Whale from 1930 to 1952. Although they were separated at the time of Whale's death in 1957, Lewis later released the contents of Whale's suicide note. Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Memory at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. When David Lewis died in 1987, his executor and Whale biographer James Curtis had his ashes interred in a niche across from Whale's. Lewis was portrayed in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters by David Dukes.

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