With over 30 years of experience in the film industry, having directed hundreds of TV series episodes, commercials, and music videos, Lewis is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. With a strong focus on developing high-concept narrative projects, Lewis Martin is a highly creative and visionary artist.
Lewis's award-winning short film, "Talking dog for sale, 10 euros", was distributed by Canal+ and qualified for the OSCARS® at the 85th Academy Awards.
In the works are DEATH BY PRESCRIPTION, a thriller noir set in Ireland and Afghanistan, starring BABEL's Driss Roukhe and MY LEFT FOOT Academy Award winner Jim Sheridan, and DEADLINE, a dark comedy set in Salt Lake City. Both were scheduled to begin filming in 2020 and 2021 but were delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lewis's most recent project, JUST DO YOU, co-directed with Marvin Solomon and with FRESH OFF THE BOAT star Chelsey Crisp, was crowned the Cannes Film Festival's COUP DE COEUR 2017 ("CANNES' DARLING") at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner and won the Audience Award at the Zero Film Festival in Los Angeles. The concept has been optioned for development for a series.
In 2018, Lewis joined the team of directors of "Plus Belle La Vie," France's most popular and long-standing television series, generating an audience of 3+ million on FRANCE 3 every weeknight for the last 18 years.
Unique traits: Works quickly and efficiently, "people person," calm troubleshooter known for creating a relaxed and fun atmosphere on the set. All the aforementioned with a good dose of dry humor and wit! "We make entertainment. We don't save lives."
BOOKER Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller A magazine assistant, a photographer, a booker, and a model are unwittingly forced to work together to survive and extricate themselves from a Russian mafia's sex-trafficking ring.
ROCK Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller A famous rock star, falsely accused of rape, returns after having mysteriously disappeared for seven years and reconnects with his ex-lover to exact his vengeance.
STORM RIDER Budget: $30M+ | Action At the dawn of the second world war, in a parallel steampunk 1936, a rogue Arab rebel fighter takes on a Nazi regiment in the Sahara desert in high hopes of thwarting Adolf Hitler's plans for the world domination.
FELINA AND THE MASTER OF DARKNESS Budget: $30M+ | Fantasy An outcast orphaned girl must save her estranged best friend from an evil scientist, discovering the truth about herself, her parents, and the strange physical powers she has inherited.
DEADLINE Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy After a sex scandal, two disenchanted Hollywood studio secretaries conceal the accidental death of their new boss to recover their dignity and some well-deserved creative power.
DEATH BY PRESCRIPTION Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller A secluded ex Irish black ops sniper turned hired killer for a shady government organization discovers he is ill with cancer and undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to have very little to live for.
Plus Belle la Vie
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Series
by France Television
Director Plus belle la vie narrates the everyday life of the people who are living in a fictitious neighborhood of Marseille called Le Mistral.
Plus Belle La Vie is France's most popular and long-standing television series, generating an audience of 3+ million on FRANCE 3 every weeknight.
Deadline
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Film
by Monumental Studio / Salt Pictures (Comedy)
Writer / Director / Cinematographer After a sex scandal, two disenchanted Hollywood studio secretaries conceal the accidental death of their new boss to recover their dignity and some well-deserved creative power.
Death by Prescription
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Film
by Monumental Studio (Thriller)
Writer / Director / Cinematographer A secluded ex-Irish black ops sniper turned hired killer for a shady government organization discovers he is ill with cancer and undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to have very little to live for.
Rainy Days
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Film
(Comedy and Romance)
Director A feature-length portmanteau film that looks at how lives have been impacted by the economic downturns in six European countries.
Cendres
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Film (short)
(Adventure and Drama)
Writer / Director With the help of a young Tunisian guide, a retired French soldier sets out into the desert on a quest for redemption.
Madness
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Video
by Monumental Studio / Salt Pictures (Music)
Writer / Director / Cinematographer Music video for American electropop singer-songwriter Ruelle.
A teenager attending her big audition expresses her emotions through dance, communicating physically, allowing her feelings and pain to move through her body, out of her body, and in doing so, wins the hearts of the judges.
Let Me Stretch
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Video
(Music)
Director / Cinematographer Music video for French singer-songwriter Myra.
Dans Ma Tête
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Video
by Sony Music (Music)
Director / Cinematographer Music video for Reunion island hip hop artist T-Matt.
Hola Bonita
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Video
by Sony Music
Director Music video for Latino duo Ryls & Douks featuring Underes.
Sorry
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Video
by Def Jam / Universal
Director / Cinematographer Music video for French rock band Blond.
Dakious & Makious
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Series
by Echourouk TV
Director / Cinematographer Two old scammers embark on various foolish ventures that never end well. Best comedy award and N°1 watched show in Algeria.
Avenue Marceau
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Video
by Monumental Studio
Director / Cinematographer Music video for French singer-songwriter Fany.
Discode
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Video
by Monumental Studio
Director / Cinematographer Music video for French electro band Olowex.
La Distancia (Africa)
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Video
by Universal Music (Music)
Director / Cinematographer Music video for Latina singer Luyanna featuring ToTo's Bobby Kimball.
Mon Ami m'a Quittée
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Video
by Universal Music (Music)
Director / Cinematographer Music video for Latina singer Luyanna.
Mi Novio Me Dejo
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Video
by Universal Music (Music)
Director / Cinematographer Music video for Latina singer Luyanna.
Just Do You
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio / BLAM! (Comedy and Romance)
Director / Cinematographer A promising first date takes a very wrong turn when the couple picks up a third wheel in the men's room of their local dive bar.
The Blue Dress
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio / Cuarto Creciente Producciones (Comedy)
Director / Cinematographer When a morose supermarket cashier is inspired to go on a quest for a blue dress, we soon realize that more than the wardrobe doesn't fit...
Talking Dog For Sale, 10 Euros
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio / Cuarto Creciente Producciones (Comedy)
Writer / Director / Cinematographer When a man sees a curious advertisement for a talking dog for sale cheap, he pursues the offer with natural skepticism...
Between The Lions
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio (Comedy and Romance)
Writer / Director / Cinematographer A passionate young man, doomed to a long-distance relationship, tries to keep himself busy between these precious encounters with his girl.
I do
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio / InContext Productions (Comedy and Romance)
Director New beginnings may be bittersweet at times. This is what Oliver and Rachel find at the local registry office, where they bid farewell to their past and start a future full of new possibilities. Faced with undesired obstacles and unfulfilled expectations, this young couple learns that even though life is not always how you picture it, love can get you through and set you free.
Handicap
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Film (short)
by Monumental Studio (Comedy and Romance)
Writer / Director A woman takes a man back to her place for a nightcap...
Academy Awards qualification for best narrative short film
(2014)
Audience Award - San Diego Cinema Society
(2013)
Audience Award (Best Short Film - World Cinema) - Maui Film Festival Weilea
(2013)
Revelation - Coup de Coeur Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival
(2013)
Revelation - Coup de Coeur Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival
(2012)
Emerging Filmmaker Award - Cannes Film Festival
(2012)
Audience Award - Palm Springs International Shortfest
(2012)
Unifrance Award - Off Courts Trouville Film Festival
(2012)
Audience Award - San Jose International Short Film Festival
(2012)
Revelation - Coup de Coeur Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival
(2011)
Best Film - OTTfilms Awards 2011
(2011)
Best Short Film - Calgary Picture This! Disability Film Festival
(2005)
Best Short Film - New York / Avignon Film Festival
(2004)
Honorable Mention - Corta! Porto International Short Film Festival
(2004)
Best Love Scene - Palm Springs International Shortfest
(2004)
Revelation - Coup de Coeur Short Film Corner Cannes Film Festival
(2004)