Ryan Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American DJ, musician, record producer,
videographer, photographer,
graphic designer and
music video director, born from Spokane, Washington. Along with producing his own album titled
Instrumentals, Lewis produced the albums
The VS. EP (2009) and
The Heist (2012). In 2006, Lewis befriended rapper
Macklemore on MySpace and soon after became the behind-the-scenes partner of a successful duo, producing, recording, engineering and mixing all of the duo's music, as well as directing the music videos for "
Same Love", "
Thrift Shop", "
And We Danced", "
Otherside (Remix)", "
Can't Hold Us", "Irish Celebration", "My Oh My", "Victory Lap", "
Downtown " and "
White Walls" and designing promotional graphics.