Dr. Philip Lewis, Senior Faculty/Professor at the Creative Media Institute at NMSU

Dr. Lewis is an accomplished professor and film director/writer of 30 years. He has produced and directed films and television programs on 4 continents and is an award winning documentary film director. He has worked for CBS, NBC, MTV and other major media companies since 1983. He is an award winning documentary filmmaker and has directed documentaries with stories based around the world. His PhD is in Interactive Film from Queensland University of Technology (Australia). He has been working on different artistic and alternative film technologies and does his research in this area. He teaches the Business of Filmmaking and Animation, the History of Cinema, and other filmmaking classes at CMI. He and his family have been enjoying living in Las Cruces since 2010. Prior to his work at NMSU, he was the program Director of Arts Management for Oxford Brooks University (UK) at their Budapest, Hungary campus.