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GEORGE LEWIS IS AN AWARD WINNING PHOTO-JOURNALIST IN SIERRA LEONE, HAS GAINED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIMS DUE TO HIS WORK IN JOURNALISM. LEWIS HAS OVER 20 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS CAMERAMAN. AT PRESENT, HE IS A ONE OF THE SENIOR AND MOST OUTSTANDING CAMERAMAN AT THE SIERRA LEONE BROADCASTING CORPERATION,AND ALSO DOUBLES AS REPORTER,PRODUCER AND DIGITAL EDITOR. LEWIS ALSO HAS OVER 15 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS A FREELANCE FILMMAKER BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
HE HAS CAPTURED THE MINDS, HEARTS AND ATTENTION OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH HIS ABILITY TO TELL THE AFRICAN STORY, FROM THE SIERRA LEONE PERSPECTIVE. BE IT THE CIVIL WAR, TUMULTUOUS ELECTIONS, THE DANGEROUS EBOLA EPIDEMIC- LEWIS ARMED WITH HIS CAMERA HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT IN THE FACE OF SIERRA LEONE’S STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES.HE HAS SHOT SEVERAL FICTION FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES THAT CAN BE RATED UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDERED.
HE HAS WORK AS FIXER FOR CGTN AFRICA, CNN AFRICAN, WORLD BANK AMONGST OTHER SEVERAL PROJECTS. . HAS EXPERIENCE IN LIGHTING, SOUND GRAPPHER. RESENTLY,HE HAS BEEN TRAINER AS A TRAINER BY WELT FILM BASED IN GERMANY,ALSO A PROBONE CAMERA LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE MASS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENTMENT. HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER AND TECHNICAL GUILD IN SIERRA LEONE .
