Michael Lewis (entrepreneur)

Michael V. Lewis
Lewis at the Producers Guild of America
Born	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupation	Founder and CEO of RealD
Years active	1993–present

Michael V. Lewis is an American CEO, entrepreneur and investor in media, entertainment and technology. After holding the position of Senior Vice President of InterMedia, a media investment banking and advisory company, he cofounded and was CEO of L-Squared Entertainment, an award winning digital entertainment studio. In 2003, he cofounded and currently serves as CEO of RealD, a global licensor of visual and 3D technologies that maintains the largest 3D cinema platform in the world. Michael is also a Marquee Donor to the Motion Picture Television Fund and is a member of the City Year Los Angeles Board of Directors.

Michael, an only child, grew up in Central Florida. His father was a real estate developer and his mother was a linguist and a flight attendant with Pan American Airways. Michael became interested in the entertainment industry at age of 14 after viewing Star Wars multiple times. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1985. His first job in the film business was as a production assistant on the movie About Last Night starring Demi Moore and Rob Lowe.

Prior to founding his own companies, Lewis was a Senior Vice President of InterMedia/Film Equities, a media investment banking and advisory company.

In 1994, Lewis cofounded L-Squared Entertainment, a digital entertainment studio which specialized in using new technologies in the entertainment industry. The company was acclaimed for its PC-generated digital effects in the film Virtuosity. Lewis served as a producer on the 3D movie Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box, which won a MAXI award for best 3D picture in 1999, and he also co-produced the 3D movie T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous. The company also produced The CAA/Intel New Media Lab Virtual Studio Tour starring Danny DeVito for CAA and Intel.

In 2003, Michael cofounded RealD, a visual entertainment technology company headquartered in Beverly Hills with offices in Boulder, London, Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow, Tokyo, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The first film to use RealD 3D technology was Disney's 2005 film Chicken Little. RealD has since become the world’s largest 3D cinema platform with more than 27,500 screens in 72 countries, with over 1.5 billion people having seen a movie in RealD 3D. Michael also served as executive producer for the films Madam Butterfly 3D and Carmen 3D, both of which were presented in RealD 3D.