Frederick Lewis is a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Studies at Ohio University, and a documentary filmmaker whose work has been seen on PBS stations throughout the U.S. and screened at more than 125 cultural/educational venues, including the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
He teaches courses in documentary studies and scriptwriting, and is a recipient of the Presidential Teacher Award, Ohio University’s highest honor for transformative teaching, curriculum innovation and mentoring.
Professor Lewis has also taught at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Internationally he has been a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Pecs in Hungary, a U.S. Embassy lecturer in Germany and Malaysia, and a Teaching Fellow at Leeds Beckett University in England. He has lectured or conducted workshops at universities in France, Ukraine, Romania and Vietnam and directed experiential learning programs in Spain, Ireland, Ecuador and Morocco, serving more than 300 students.