Warren Lewis is an American film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his screenwriting contributions on the films ''

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'' (1989, directed by

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) and ''

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'' (1999, directed by

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). He also worked as an assistant film director on numerous studio and independent films, including

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's '' Hospital Massacre'' (1982),

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' '' The Boys Next Door'' (1985) and McTiernan's directorial debut film ''

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'' (1986). Lewis has an extensive background in film and video production. Lewis' original and developed screenplays, television pilots and adaptations include the adaptation of the novel ''

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''; ''The Tale of the Bloodstone Riders'', a western set against the background of post Civil War reconstruction Texas; and ''Dress Blues'', a story set in the home front of the Vietnam War and the events of the

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. ''A World Away'', The Point - A TV drama set in The United States Military Academy And an adaptation of S. Ansky's play ''

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'', is casting. His current project is a military thriller set in West Germany at the height of the Cold War. Lewis is an active educator in screenwriting. He is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts in screenwriting program at the

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and teaches beginning and advanced screenwriting at the

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Writer's program via

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. He is a frequent guest lecturer at University film and writing programs. His academic research on the contributions of Vitagaph Studios (1897-1925) to U.S. film authorship is ongoing. Lewis is active on panels and presents papers at The University Film and Video Association and Broadcast Educators Association annual conferences. Lewis is the 2014 recipient of the Person of Letters award from the La Jolla Writers Conference. The jury prize at the Wallachia ( Romania) international film festival and was awarded the jury prize at the American Screenwriters Conference in 2021. t

Biography

Lewis studied media at CUNY, cinema at The State University of New York at Binghamton (now

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

) and is a graduate of

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. He studied screenwriting at

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with

Samson Raphaelson Samson Raphaelson (March 30, 1894 – July 16, 1983) was an American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. While working as an advertising executive in New York, he wrote a short story based on the early life of Al Jolson, called ''The Da ...

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