Craig Lew
Craig's storytelling career began even before he had learned to write. As a child, he would steal his father's tape recorder and make different voices for each character recording tales about strange planets or scary creatures. His favorite story openings at that time were, "Once upon a junk yard heap..." or "It was a dark and stormy night."
Craig still favors a Hitchcockian thriller over a broad teen comedy, but believes that in any story the best hero is the one that either seeks love or gives love. At heart he's a big, mushy romantic.
Before jumping one hundred percent into the entertainment industry, Craig was the president of a successful consulting firm. His clients ranged from the Los Angeles PBS station KCET, DELUXE LABS, Nortel Networks, Infonet, and ITC.
Craig was the consulting CIO of the New Getty Center responsible for a $13 Million Dollar annual budget overseeing construction, technology and human resources. However, it was the emerging studio DREAMWORKS SKG that changed Craig's direction.
Craig wrote, animated, directed and produced THE FISH the computer animated 35mm film screened at the Dreamworks Employee Film Festival 1996 and SlamDunk Film Festival 2000.
Craig wrote, directed and produced LITTLE INDISCRETIONS which stars Diane Farr (Numb3rs) and David Fabrizio (Superman Returns). This dark comedy was an official selection to the IFP's New York Film Market and Cinequest before going into worldwide distribution.
ROCK JOCKS a feature film that Craig Lew Produced, opened in theaters nationwide, July 2013. The offbeat Sci-Fi Comedy stars Felicia Day, Justin Chon, Jason Mewes, Andrew Bowen, Doug Jones, Gerry Bednob, James Dumont, Kevin Wu, Mark Woolley and Robert Picardo.
Craig produced and directed, A HITCH AT THE FAIRMONT the double Rockie award winning book trailer for Jim Averbeck’s Middle Grade novel of the same name screened at the San Diego International Children’s Film Festival at Comic Con, and the
New Media Film Festival.
CRANK: Flirting with the Monster is a feature film based on the New York Times Bestselling novel by Ellen Hopkins. This production that Craig produced and directed is a fund raising vehicle for Ventana Sierra a non profit that houses kids at risk.
Craig Lew and Mark Woolley founded Bright Penny Zapp LLC, a trans-media and book publishing company, Craig wrote and illustrated the National Indie Excellence Book Awards finalist “The Goths: The Huntress” one of the first graphic novels enhanced with Augmented Reality.
Craig Lew and Tina Barnett formed Creatures of Light to help raise awareness and funds for non profits by engaging audiences through triumphant, heroic stories.
Craig’s debut YA novel Breath to Breath is the first of a trilogy. Based on a true story, it is written in free verse edited by Emma Dryden and is published by Relish Media and imprint of Little Pickle Press.
