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Harris's film F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K that he wrote/directed is now a Vimeo Staff Pick!

You can watch the full film here on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/951346486

On Showtime/Paramount+: 

https://www.sho.com/titles/3523542/f%5E¢k-€m-rght-b%40¢k

The film stars DDm,  2024 Tony Award winner Kara Young (PURLIE VICTORIOUS) and Catherine Curtin and premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival World Premiere where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and IndieWire named it one of the 10 Must-See Short Films. 

The film had its NYC premiere at its sold out screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, and won many awards including Aspen ShortsFest Jury Prize for "Best Comedy" making the film Oscar-qualified. 

Harris produced D. Smith's feature documentary KOKOMO CITY which is available to stream on Showtime/Paramount+

The film  premiered in the 2023 Sundance Film Festival where it won both the NEXT Innovator and Audience Awards and was acquired by Magnolia Pictures. 

The film made its International Premiere in the Berlin Film Festival where it won the Panorama Audience Award. 

Harris was nominated for Best Documentary for the Film Independent Sprit Awards

The film is a raw depiction of the lives of four black trans sex workers as they confront the dichotomy between the black community and themselves.

Harris wrote/directed the short film 8 MINUTES 20 SECONDS which is currently playing film festivals. The film will make its NY premiere at NewFest in SHORTS: BOY, SO CONFUSING on Oct 19th at 6:30pm at the SVA Theatre.

The film premiered at Aspen ShortsFest and recently was nominated for Best Short Film at the Atlanta Film Festival, made its International Premiere at Inside Out Film Festival and Los Angeles premiere in the HollyShorts Film Festival. 

The film stars Tony Award Winner Brandon Uranowitz (LEOPOLDSTADT), Tony nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (SLAVE PLAY), 2x Emmy nominee Allyce Beasley ("Moonlighting"), Julia Chan, Steve Cirbus, Nadia Quinn. DP Ryan DeFranco.

Produced by Trent Anderson, Harris Doran, Carl Moellenberg. EPs Adam Maffei, Jamin O'Brien.

Harris is in post-production on the short film PORELESS, which he directed, and which he co-wrote with Fawzia Mirza. The film stars Akbar Hamid, Allyce Beasley, Parvesh Cheena, Gia Crovatin, Diane Guerrero, Lucy Owen, Sophie von Haselberg, Sureni Weerasekera. He produced along with Hamid, Mirza and Rabia Sultana. Cinematography by Bill Kirstein (MEAN GIRLS).

Harris is in post-production on the short film RAVEL, which he directed, written by Chelsea Marcantel for the Juilliard 4th year drama class.

Harris is a producer on John Krokidas's documentary TIMES LIKE THESE, Executive Produced by Lilly Wachowski.

Harris is in pre-production on the feature films IN THE WAKE and TONE DEAF, both of which he wrote and is directing. 

Harris is in development on multiple feature and television projects.

Harris was a Grammy nominee for his work on Sondheim Unplugged: The NYC Sessions Volume III which was nominated for the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Harris recently directed Niloufar Nourbakhsh's new opera WE, THE INNUMERABLE at National Sawdust in NYC, presented by Center for Contemporary Opera. Libretto by Lisa Flanagan.

WE, THE INNUMERABLE: After the 2009 presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Roya and her husband, Siavash, become targets of the state for participating in nationwide protests against the election  result. Siavash is murdered, and Roya is imprisoned and put under extreme pressure to record a confessional stating that her husband was a Revolutionary Guard force who was killed by the enemies of the state. The opera is the heroic journey of an Iranian woman who  protects the truth in the face of fear and violence.