Lewis graduated with MA in Experimental Animation from the Royal College of Art in 2021. He worked as a graphic artist for 13 years, before starting to make films in 2019. His Instagram animation project Improv (1) was a Vimeo Staff Pick, and screenings of his MA film So Long include Annecy and Aesthetica film festivals.

He works as an animator and lecturer, and is creative director of Fully Human, a creative research project of the PSHE Association developing a collaborative workshop to explore young peoples' thoughts and feelings around Artificial Intelligence. Lewis lives in Ludlow.