The son of a businessman and a Broadway producer.Began his film career in sales and distribution.Over the years he has optioned several novels with the intention of directing them himself. Some of the books were turned into movies but were directed by other talents. The literary properties are Walter Wager's "Telefon","which he produced for MGM, James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia"(which he received an executive producer credit), Robert Clark's "Mr. White's Confession", Robert Ward's "Four Kinds of Rain", Peter Blauner's "Casino Moon" and Clark Howard's "The Killings". At present, Mr. Harris is trying to secure financing for his next film "No Rest for the Dead", an erotic detective noir thriller based on the novel "The Killings" by Clark Howard.