Leslie Harris

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

5

Gender

Female

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Leslie Harris

Biography

Leslie Harris (born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Her early film work consisted of animations and live action shorts. With her 1992 film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., Leslie Harris became the first African-American woman director, writer, producer and executive producer to win a Special Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival for Best Feature Film. Harris has lectured on film making and film at Tulane University, Wellesley College, Portland State University, Columbia University and the Canadian Film Institute. Harris has also taught both screenwriting and film production classes as both a full-time and adjunct professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Known For

  • Bessie Coleman: A Dream to Fly

    Bessie Coleman: A Dream to Fly

  • Indie Sex

    Indie Sex

  • Directors on Directing

    Directors on Directing

  • Made in the USA

    Made in the USA

  • New York Conversations

    New York Conversations