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Lewis Chesler. Lewis Chesler, a native of Cleveland, graduated from Amherst College with high honours in cultural history. Following college, he served in the US Peace Corps and in the Merchant Marine. In the mid-70’s, he became artistic director of the Long Beach Performing Arts Centre.
Jun 1995 - Present 28 years 6 months. View Lewis Chesler’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Lewis has 1 job listed on their profile. See the complete profile...
- 500+
- June 1, 1995
- Chesler Perlmutter Productions
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Lewis Chesler is known for The Hitchhiker (1983), Welcome to Paradox (1998) and The Hidden Room (1991).
- Producer, Writer
- Lewis Chesler
The Hitchhiker was created by Lewis Chesler and Riff Markowitz, later joined by Richard Rothstein. The pilot episode consisted of three stories. Richard Rothstein wrote two and Jeph Loeb and Matt Weissman wrote the third.
HBO’s first dramatic series in 1984. Executive Producer Lewis Chesler helped establish the acceptance of cable programing as an avenue for top film and television talents. The Hitchhiker won eight ACE Awards and became the highest ranking series on television.
Lewis Chesler and David Perlmutter...are masters of the complex co-production, a type of financing on which Canadian producers were relying long before it came into vogue everywhere else. Now almost everything Chesler/Perlmutter does is a CO-production, usually with Euro producers.
Chesler/Perlmutter Productions is a Toronto based Film and Television Production Company that was established in 1989 by Lewis Chesler and David M. Perlmutter. Since then, they have had a...
