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name: "Robert Lewin"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 May 1920"
died: "28 August 2004"
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average_fi1m_score: 83
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# Robert Lewin

Writer. Born 9 May 1920 in New York City. Died 28 August 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 May 1920, New York City
- **Died:** 28 August 2004
- **Active:** 1963–1966

## Biography

Robert Lewin was an American screenwriter and television producer. Born in New York City, he attended Yale University and served as an officer in the US Army during the Second World War. He later worked as a reporter for Life magazine and the Atlanta Constitution before entering screenwriting.

His first screenplay, for the 1956 film *The Bold and the Brave*, earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He wrote for numerous television series, including *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *The Fugitive* (1963), *Rawhide*, *Kung Fu*, *Mannix*, *Starsky & Hutch* and *Gunsmoke*. He won Writers Guild of America awards for episodes of *Judd, for the Defense* in 1968 and 1969.

Lewin also worked as a producer, receiving Emmy nominations for *The Paper Chase* and *Baretta*. He served as co-producer on the first season of *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), where he contributed to several episodes, and wrote the 1985 television film *A Reason to Live*. He died in Santa Monica, California, in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *Kung Fu* (1972), Writer
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), Story Editor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Writer
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Writer
- *Mannix* (1967), Writer
- *The Rifleman* (1958), Writer
- *Rawhide* (1959), Writer

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