Lee Lewis

Lee Lewis (born 1970) is an Australian theatre director.

Early life and education
Lewis was born in 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, to an English father and Anglo-Zimbabwean mother. Her family lived in Zimbabwe for six years before emigrating to Australia in 1977.

Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York. Returning to Australia, she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2005.

Career
In 2006 she directed a play by New Zealand writer Matthew J. Saville about the Boer War entitled Kikia te Poa, which was performed at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney.

She was appointed artistic director of Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in 2012.

Lewis was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company in 2019, succeeding Sam Strong who was her predecessor at Griffin as well. She resigned from Queensland Theatre in March 2024.

Awards

 * 2016: Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for Griffin's production of The Bleeding Tree
 * 2024: Honorary Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, for service to the performing arts as a theatre director.