Editing Jerry Lewis (section)

=== Directorial technique ===
During the 1960 production of ''The Bellboy,'' Lewis pioneered the technique of using video cameras and multiple closed circuit monitors,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/20/entertainment/jerry-lewis-dies/index.html|title=Comedian Jerry Lewis dies at 91, publicist says|last=Leopold|first=Todd|website=CNN|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820184350/http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/20/entertainment/jerry-lewis-dies/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which allowed him to review his performance instantly. This was necessary since he was acting as well as directing. His techniques and methods of filmmaking, documented in his book and his USC class, enabled him to complete most of his films on time and under budget since reshoots could take place immediately instead of waiting for the [[dailies]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

''Man in Motion,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061947/|title=Man in Motion|access-date=July 31, 2018|via=imdb.com|archive-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209073432/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061947/|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[featurette]] for ''Three on a Couch'', features the video system, named "Jerry's Noisy Toy"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyntfAGkME| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/eGyntfAGkME| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title="Man in Motion", behind-the-scenes featurette, 1966, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh |last=soapbxprod|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=July 31, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and shows Lewis receiving the Golden Light Technical Achievement award for its development. Lewis stated he worked with the head of [[Sony]] to produce the prototype. While he initiated its practice and use, and was instrumental in its development, he did not hold a patent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/20/jerry-lewis-dies-at-91/|title=Comedian Jerry Lewis dies at 91|date=August 20, 2017|website=Orange County Register|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820203304/http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/20/jerry-lewis-dies-at-91/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/video-assist-predates-jerry-lewis-patent/|title=Video assist predates Jerry Lewis 'patent'|work=CNET|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821004817/https://www.cnet.com/news/video-assist-predates-jerry-lewis-patent/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lewis screened Spielberg's early film ''[[Amblin']]'' and told his students, "That's what filmmaking is all about."<ref>{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=McBride|title=Steven Spielberg&nbsp;– A Biography|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1997|page=168|isbn=978-1604738360}}</ref> The class covered all topics related to filmmaking, including pre and post production, marketing and distribution and filming comedy with rhythm and timing.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Total Filmmaker|first=Jerry|last=Lewis|year=1971|publisher=Random House|isbn=9780446669269}}</ref> His 1971 book ''The Total Film Maker'', was based on 480 hours of his class lectures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mda.org/jerry-lewis/biography.html|title=Jerry Lewis Biography|publisher=MDA.org|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190332/https://www.mda.org/jerry-lewis/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lewis also traveled to medical schools for seminars on laughter and healing with Clifford Kuhn and also did corporate and college lectures, motivational speaking and promoted the pain-treatment company [[Medtronic]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}