--- name: "Lewis J. Rachmil" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lewis-j-rachmil" fi1m_id: "lewis-j-rachmil" imdb_id: "nm0705135" tmdb_id: 35497 wikidata_id: "Q603714" roles: ["Producer"] born: "3 July 1908" died: "19 February 1984" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T03:53:17.226602+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." --- # Lewis J. Rachmil ## Identity Lewis J. Rachmil - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lewis-j-rachmil - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lewis-j-rachmil - **IMDb ID:** nm0705135 - **TMDB ID:** 35497 - **Wikidata ID:** Q603714 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_J._Rachmil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35497 Producer. Born 3 July 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 19 February 1984. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 3 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 19 February 1984 - **Active:** 1940–1984 - **Also known as:** Lewis Rachmil, Lew Rachmil, Louis Rachmil, Lou Rachmil, Lewis Rochmil - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 72 (1), 1980s 72 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_J._Rachmil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35497 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Footloose*](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Lewis J. Rachmil (3 July 1908 – 19 February 1984) was an American film producer and art director. Born in New York City, he attended New York University and the Yale School of Fine Arts before entering the film industry in the 1930s. He worked as an art director on numerous films and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction for *Our Town* (1940). Rachmil later became a producer, handling Hopalong Cassidy Westerns in the 1940s and serving in executive roles at studios including Paramount, RKO, Columbia, United Artists, Mirisch-United Artists and ABC Pictures, where he oversaw production of *Cabaret* (1972). His producing credits include *Gidget* (1959), *Human Desire* (1954), *The Violent Men* (1955), *Kings of the Sun* (1963), *Inspector Clouseau* (1968) and *Footloose* (1984). Rachmil died of a heart ailment at his home in Beverly Hills, California, aged 75. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, upi.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Produced (1) — the average rests on these - *Footloose* (1984), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) ### Crew (1) - *Our Town* (1940), Fi1m 72, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/our-town.md) ## Complete filmography (99) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Protocol* (1984), Associate Producer - *Footloose* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) - *Trader Horn* (1973), Producer - *Mosquito Squadron* (1969), Producer - *Inspector Clouseau* (1968), Producer - *Hawaii* (1966), Associate Producer - *Return from the Ashes* (1965), Executive Producer - *A Rage to Live* (1965), Producer - *Kings of the Sun* (1963), Producer - *The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock* (1959), Producer - *Gidget* (1959), Producer - *The Brothers Rico* (1957), Producer - *The 27th Day* (1957), Executive Producer - *Over-Exposed* (1956), Producer - *Tight Spot* (1955), Producer - *The Violent Men* (1955), Producer - *They Rode West* (1954), Producer - *Human Desire* (1954), Producer - *Miss Sadie Thompson* (1953), Producer's Assistant - *Gun Fury* (1953), Producer - *Androcles and the Lion* (1952), Associate Producer - *One Minute to Zero* (1952), Second Unit Director - *The Whip Hand* (1951), Producer - *Roadblock* (1951), Producer - *Hunt the Man Down* (1950), Producer - *Bunco Squad* (1950), Producer - *The Great Rupert* (1950), Production Supervisor - *Canadian Pacific* (1949), Executive In Charge Of Production - *Cover Up* (1949), Production Manager - *Jungle Patrol* (1948), Executive In Charge Of Production - *An Innocent Affair* (1948), Production Manager - *Strange Gamble* (1948), Producer - *The Girl from Manhattan* (1948), Associate Producer - *False Paradise* (1948), Producer - *The Gay Intruders* (1948), Production Manager - *Borrowed Trouble* (1948), Producer - *Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven* (1948), Associate Producer - *Sinister Journey* (1948), Producer - *The Argyle Secrets* (1948), Production Manager - *The Dead Don't Dream* (1948), Producer - *Silent Conflict* (1948), Producer - *Let's Live Again* (1948), Production Manager - *Hoppy's Holiday* (1947), Producer - *The Marauders* (1947), Producer - *Dangerous Venture* (1947), Producer - *Unexpected Guest* (1947), Producer - *The Devil's Playground* (1946), Producer - *Fool's Gold* (1946), Producer - *The Woman of the Town* (1943), Associate Producer - *False Colors* (1943), Associate Producer - *The Kansan* (1943), Associate Producer - *Buckskin Frontier* (1943), Producer - *American Empire* (1942), Producer - *Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die* (1942), Associate Producer - *Pirates on Horseback* (1941), as Art Direction - *Border Vigilantes* (1941), as Art Direction - *In Old Colorado* (1941), Production Design - *Doomed Caravan* (1941), Production Design - *Three Men from Texas* (1940), Production Design - *The Villain Still Pursued Her* (1940), as Art Direction - *Stagecoach War* (1940), as Art Direction - *Hidden Gold* (1940), as Art Direction - *Our Town* (1940), as Art Direction — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/our-town.md) - *The Light of Western Stars* (1940), as Art Direction - *The Showdown* (1940), as Art Direction - *Knights of the Range* (1940), Unit Manager - *Santa Fe Marshal* (1940), Production Design - *Law of the Pampas* (1939), as Art Direction - *Range War* (1939), as Art Direction - *Renegade Trail* (1939), as Art Direction - *Heritage of the Desert* (1939), as Art Direction - *Silver on the Sage* (1939), as Art Direction - *Sunset Trail* (1939), as Art Direction - *The Frontiersmen* (1938), as Art Direction - *The Mysterious Rider* (1938), as Art Direction - *In Old Mexico* (1938), as Art Direction - *Pride of the West* (1938), as Art Direction - *Bar 20 Justice* (1938), as Art Direction - *Cassidy of Bar 20* (1938), as Art Direction - *Partners of the Plains* (1938), as Art Direction - *Tarzan's Revenge* (1938), as Art Direction - *Texas Trail* (1937), as Art Direction - *Hopalong Rides Again* (1937), as Art Direction - *Rustlers' Valley* (1937), as Art Direction - *North of the Rio Grande* (1937), as Art Direction - *Hills of Old Wyoming* (1937), as Art Direction - *Borderland* (1937), as Art Direction - *Rich Relations* (1937), Technical Supervisor - *Hopalong Cassidy Returns* (1936), as Art Direction - *The Border Patrolman* (1936), as Art Direction - *O'Malley of the Mounted* (1936), as Art Direction - *Call of the Prairie* (1936), as Art Direction - *Black Gold* (1936), Set Designer - *Valley of Wanted Men* (1935), Set Designer - *Wilderness Mail* (1935), as Set Decoration - *Trails of the Wild* (1935), Production Manager - *The Red Blood of Courage* (1935), Set Designer - *Northern Frontier* (1935), as Set Decoration - *Woman Unafraid* (1934), Assistant Director ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1941: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *Our Town (1940 film)* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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