Writer
Lewis started his career in 1970 as a freelance journalist writing for British music weeklies such as the New Musical Express, Record Mirror and Disc. He has written speeches, commercials and material for many entertainers including members of Monty Python as well as Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elliott Gould, Teri Hatcher, Anjelica Huston, Quincy Jones, Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sally Jessy Raphael and Susan Sarandon.
He was the sole writer of the 1998 VH1 Honors Awards – Divas Live - which launched the VH1’s Divas franchise and featured Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin. He has also written for the annual British Academy Awards, collaborating with Oscar show writer Bruce Vilanch.
Lewis wrote the extensive ‘companion narrative’ for the 1998 re-publication of Beatles manager Brian Epstein’s 1964 autobiography A Cellarful Of Noise (Pocket Books, 1998).
Lewis re-commenced his journalistic career in 2000 when he was invited to become a Special Correspondent for TIME.com, for which he covered the 2000 United States presidential election and various cultural events in 2001. Lewis writes columns for various online publications including Salon.com, the Huffington Post (for which he is a regular contributor) and his own Agent Provocateur literary website.
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