Known for Production
Dame Philippa Jill Olivier Harris DBE (born 27 March 1967) is a British film and television producer. She co-founded Neal Street Productions in 2003 with Sam Mendes and Caro Newling. Harris was a script editor at ITV and Channel Four before becoming a development executive at BBC Films and then an executive producer for BBC Drama Serials. In that role, her projects included Warriors and Love in a Cold Climate. Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for the BBC in 2001. Commissions during her time there included Daniel Deronda and The Lost Prince. Harris has executive produced several films, including Things We Lost in the Fire and Revolutionary Road, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. For TV, Harris produced Stuart: A Life Backwards, featuring Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch, and the executive produced Call the Midwife, Penny Dreadful, The Hollow Crown, and Britannia. Harris served as Adviser to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg MP, with whom she had studied at Robinson College, Cambridge. For the film 1917, directed by Sam Mendes, Harris received various accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination, two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pippa Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
March 27, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Filmography
22 films, 10 shows


What They Found
2025 · 36m
country: United Kingdom
The story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, who witnessed the liberation of Belsen during the closing days of World War II.


We Are Many
2014 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war on Iraq.


Away We Go
2009 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.


Revolutionary Road
2008 · 1h 59m
country: United Kingdom
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.


Things We Lost in the Fire
2007 · 1h 53m
country: United States
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Night Flight
Night Flight
2002 · 2h 40m
country: Unknown
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber at just 20. His now middle-class world is thrown into disarray when former comrade Vic Green lands. A tale of secrets, scandal and corruption based on ghosts as yet not laid to rest.


Care
2000 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.