Damian Harris

Damian Harris
Born	Damian David Harris 2 August 1958 (1958-08-02) (age 53) London, England
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1989 - Present
Spouse	Annabel Brooks (1981 - ?)
Partner	Peta Wilson (1990s - 2002)

Damian David Harris (born 2 August 1958) is an English film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Harris was born in London, one of three sons of the late Irish actor Richard Harris and his first wife, Welsh actress Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His brothers are English actors Jared Harris and Jamie Harris.

Career

In 1968 Harris debuted on screen as actor playing Miles in Otley. At the age of sixteen he appeared on his father's album of poetry and songs I, in the membership of my days together with his brothers Jared and Jamie. Harris attended Downside School, Somerset, England. Later Harris studied screenwriting at New York University.^[1][2]

He debuted as a director with short movies Killing Time (with Eric Stoltz) and Gleasy Lake and then moved to full-length movies debuting with The Rachel Papers, the adaptation of Martin Amis novel. He also directed some episodes for several TV series. His most recent work is the 2008 drama Gardens of the Night with John Malkovich.

Personal life

In 1981 Harris married British actress Annabel Brooks.^[3] They have one child together, daughter Ella.^[1] Later the pair divorced. From the mid-1990s, up until their separation in 2002, Harris had been living with Australian model and actress Peta Wilson.^[1] They have one child together, son Marlowe, born in February 2002.^[4]

Filmography

• Gardens of the Night (2008) (also screenwriter & producer)
• Mercy (2000) (also screenwriter)
• Sins of the City TV series (2 episodes, 1998)
• Strangers (1996) TV series (unknown episodes)
• Bad Company (1995)
• Killing Time (1995)
• Deceived (1991)
• Chillers TV series (1 episode) (also screenwriter)
• The Rachel Papers (1989) (also screenwriter)
• Greasy Lake (1988)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800109432/bio
2. ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/damian-harris/contributor/30227/bio
3. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/77552
4. ^ http://www.petawilson.info/lang-en/biography

External links

• Damian Harris at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Harris, Damian
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Date of birth	2 August 1958
Place of birth	London, England
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