JohnHarris
- Producer
- Executive
After two decades working in television, director/producer John Harris set up independent production company Greenstone in 1994. The company's factual programming won awards and overseas sales. Greenstone has also made successful forays into children's drama. Harris sold the company to Australia's Cordell Jigsaw Zapruda in 2013.
Screenography
Biography
As a schoolboy in Auckland, John Harris wrote short stories for the children's page of the newspaper, and acted in school plays. Although he was a keen movie fan, "back then there was no film or TV industry". Harris became a journalist instead, working at The Auckland Star and other newspapers. He also did time in rock 'n' roll band The Bluestars.
Awards
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Children's/Youth Programme: The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
2011 SPADA Screen Industry Awards (Screen Production and Development Association, New Zealand)
SPADA/OnFilm Industry Champion
“Complacency and security are the two enemies of creativity.”