Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
biography
Veteran Hollywood industry figure who has served triple duty as a producer, director, and screenwriter. Harris' most notable contribution to American cinema was producing several seminal early films directed by Stanley Kubrick. The Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation turned out such provocative features as "The Killing" (1956), "Paths of Glory" (1957), and "Lolita" (1962).Harris and Kubrick went their separate ways after "Lolita" with the producer venturing on to form James B. Harris Productions in 1963. As a producer-director, Harris's subsequent feature credits were relatively sparse: "The
