All Night Long / The Mavericks (official video)

The Mavericks - All Night Long (Official Video) from Ray Lewis on Vimeo.

The Mavericks - Mono Mundo Tour 2015 (stills)

The Mavericks - Don't you ever get tired? (of hurting me)

Recorded in London at the Hammersmith Apollo sound check

The Mavericks - Mondo Mundo Tour 2015 Scottland / Mexican Hat Dance

I have lived on a Tour Bus with a Great Band, and it was without a doubt the most satisfying creative venture I have taken on to date. Three weeks in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, London, and Paris. I was Hired to document the Tour, with stills and video. these are the fruits of this venture.

The Mavericks - Mondo Mundo Tour 2015 Scottland

I have lived on a Tour Bus with a Great Band, and it was without a doubt the most satisfying creative venture I have taken on to date. Three weeks in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, London, and Paris. I was Hired to document the Tour, with stills and video. these are the fruits of this venture.

Dinah Rose Lewis 6.5

Dinah's Half Birthday (6.5) from Ray Lewis on Vimeo.
Dinah was born on the 28th of December. 
Too close to Xmas, So we celebrate a half birthday on the 4th of July

THIS ISN'T HAPPENING

THIS ISN'T HAPPENING from Ray Lewis on Vimeo.

DOP SHOW REEL (2014)

BBC Comedy / Pompidou / Matt Lucas

Effects Supervisor 

Due to air in late 2014 or early 2015

THE GRAND HOTEL BUDAPEST / Wes Anderson

Visual Effects Concept Artist

I worked directly with Wes Anderson, organising 100's of images and composites to convey the exact style he was going for, before the footage was given to LookFx, to ensure that his vision was met by them. I was also required to find out the feasibility of shots within the budget constraints. This was usually done with a bit of creative/out of the box thinking. 
(can we fix this bathing cap? can we shrink this forehead that seems too large because of the wide-angle lens? what can we do to make this building look a bit more like a prison?)
This is the second Film I have worked on with Wes, prior was Fantastic Mr Fox where I did roughly the same thing. plus a few more. 

LookFx article about working on Grand hotel Budapest

Excerpt from the article...

"Can you tell us more about your collaboration with Wes Anderson?
When we were deep into the project, the collaboration was really visually-based. Wes would send us accurate visual representation (which were created by me) of what he was looking for. Wes is a director who knows exactly what he wants and how to ask for it. His directing skills and involvement go past production and into post."

Waitrose

Photo Work

Portraits shot for the in store Waitrose magazine

Unilever Documentary / Passion Pictures

Director of Photography

Bingo Player ft. Far East Movement 'Get Up' Director - Tim Hope

Second Camera, Effects Supervisor and Lead Roto 

Tim Hope has directed a new video for Bingo Players, the Dutch DJ and production duo. The track 'Get Up' features Far East Movement on vocals and is released by Ministry of Sound Recording Ltd. (The track was originally released in 2011 as an instrumental piece entitled ‘Rattle’).

In the video a gang is menacing residents on a London housing estate. One of their targets is an elderly lady who is feeding ducks in the park. The ducks witness the gang stealing her handbag and stoning another duck in the pond. Furious at these outrages, the ducks pursue them back into the estate where the gang gets more than they bargained for.

Director: Tim Hope
Second Camera, Effects Supervisor and Lead Roto: Ray Lewis

Fenton OM4G / passion pictures

Lead rotoscope artist

Passion pictures / London 

Worked as Lead rotoscope artist working with compositors to create a overblown version of a viral youtube video.

Mopar 75th / passion Pictures / dir. Chris Curtis

Rotoscope Artist

Mopar '75th' from Chris Curtis on Vimeo.

Celebrating 75 years of high-performance sweet cars from Chrysler in my latest 30 second commercial for their Anniversary. 

More cool cars with the ace Art Directing of Tim Marrs, who rocked his shizzle on my Audi’s ‘A day in the Life of an Audi Driver’ last year.  Using vintage and new footage from Mopar, the mighty Nick Hristou created a fast paced live action edit taking us through the years. Each scene was then transformed by Tim before passing it onto animation and compositing to bring all the textures and depth in the scenes to life.  

BBC Radio 1Xtra / Passion Pictures

Roto and clean up


BBC Radio 1Xtra / Passion Pictures from Ray Lewis on Vimeo.


Roto and clean up work for BBC Radio 1Xtra spot

Black Swan / Darren Aronofsky

Rotoscope and Dream Sequence creation



I was asked to rotoscope the opening sequence for black swan. Originally the director wanted the ballerina to dance on a shiny black surface, but this proved to be impossible. The shot was then rotoscoped to remove the original floor and have it replaced with a shiny one.

Taste of London / Waitrose

Photo Work

images from the 2012 "taste of London"

commissioned by Waitrose.

WInter Olympics - I prefer the Early Stuff

Director of Photography



Chris Curtis and I shot a music video for the WInter Olympics:
built a wheelchair rig for the job.
shot on the new 5D, with kessler pocket dolly and smallHD monitor.

Director: Chris Curtis
DOP: Ray Lewis

WInter Olympics / Rock and Roll Retirement Home

Director of Photography



Chris Curtis and I shot a music video for the WInter Olympics:
built a wheelchair rig for the job.
shot on the new 5D, with kessler pocket dolly and smallHD monitor.
look for it this week. this is the teaser.

Director: Chris Curtis
DOP: Ray Lewis