Ben Harris

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Biography

Ben Harris is Manager and Lecturer in the UCLA Producers Program. He graduated from the Producers Program in 2005 and was recruited by the faculty head, Professor Denise Mann, to run the academic and administrative operations of the program. He also oversees the school 's internship program and teaches undergraduate classes on the entertainment industry and producing.
In summer 2008 Ben was asked by Dean Rosen to design the curriculum and recruit instructors for an executive training seminar that was co-sponsored by UCLA TFT and China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and endorsed by the Chinese national government. The seminar exposed a group of 25 high-level film and television executives from China to the inner workings of Hollywood and laid the foundation for closer cooperation between the two industries.
Ben has produced five award-winning short films, among them COLLECTIBLES, which recently won the DGA Student Film Awards for its director, and THE DAY I KNEW I LOVED YOU, which was a finalist for the Chrysler Feature Film Competition. Since 2006 he has produced, shot and edited thirteen episodes of D.I.P.S.: THE DELPHINUS INTERGALACTIC PARCEL SERVICE, a sci-fi comedy series that runs on the Internet: www.DIPSCorp.com.
In 2008 Ben was a Faculty Fellow at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Faculty Seminar.
Ben was born and bred in Hamburg, Germany. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kent, United Kingdom, and his MA in Critical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Los Angeles.