Emir Lewis

Emir Lewis, has built an exceptional editing & producing career over the years. With his credits spanning feature films, documentaries & TV series.

Beginning his career with Slam which won both the Sundance film festival Grand Jury Prize and the Cannes film festival Camera DʼOr in 1998 . In addition, several other documentaries edited by Emir have received high honors such as HBOʼs O.J. – A Story in Black & White (2003 Emmy winner), PBSʼ Two Towns of Jasper (2003 DuPont and Peabody Awards). He has also parlayed his 25 years of editorial experience into a producer/director role for WNET, garnering Emmy nominations for both In the Footsteps of Marco Polo & Pioneers of THIRTEEN, as well as Driving While Black: Race Space & Mobility in America co-producing with the acclaimed historical documentarian Ric Burns which won the American Bar Association’s prestigious Silver Gavel Award. Emir has also recently expanded his network TV career by working as a Supervising Story Producer on documentary series for Netflix’s Rapture and A&E’s Secret Origins Of Hip Hop.

In the future, Emir plans to continue editing, producing and directing for a diverse range of media projects, but is also very happy teaching the next generation of students the fine art of editorial storytelling at NYU's Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television.

Courses

Introduction to Film & TV Editing
Sight & Sound Documentary

Education

Xavier College Preparatory HS
Hampton University
Center for Media Arts