---
name: "David E. Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-e-lewis"
fi1m_id: "david-e-lewis"
tmdb_id: 2103373
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 April 1915"
died: "24 February 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:22:37.908137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David E. Lewis

## Identity

David E. Lewis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-e-lewis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-e-lewis
- **TMDB ID:** 2103373
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2103373

Writer. Born 28 April 1915 in Berkeley, California, USA. Died 24 February 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 April 1915, Berkeley, California, USA
- **Died:** 24 February 1981
- **Also known as:** Dave Lewis
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2103373

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Klute*](https://film.one/film/klute.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David E. Lewis was an American screenwriter and television writer. He collaborated frequently with his younger brother Andy Lewis, with whom he received an Academy Award nomination for the original screenplay of the 1971 film *Klute*.

Lewis was born on 28 April 1915 in Berkeley, California, and died on 24 February 1981 in San Diego, California. He wrote episodes for numerous television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including *The DuPont Show with June Allyson*, *12 O'Clock High*, *The Virginian* and *Judd for the Defense*.

Confined to a wheelchair following encephalitis contracted during the Second World War, Lewis worked with his brother on several projects; their partnership on *Klute* also earned nominations for the Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, bostonglobe.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Klute* (1971), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Klute* (1971), Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)
- *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, Writer

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