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Mark
Harris

His short film from USC, "Last Days", traveled to over forty film festivals worldwide and won numerous festival awards. As a screenwriter, Mark was a quarter-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for his feature script, "Sins of the Fathers" and his feature script "Affliction" is a 2022 Finalist in the Storyline Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by Final Draft and Coca-Cola

BIOGRAPHY

PGA-nominated Filmmaker, Writer, & Producer

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Mark has developed unscripted projects with Kevin Hart, Rebel Wilson, Elizabeth Banks, and many other celebrities. In 2017, he co-created “Kicking & Screaming”, a large, comedic, survival format which was ordered straight to series on Fox and sold to numerous territories worldwide. [para] In 2018, Mark co-created and served as Executive Producer on Kevin Hart’s hit show, “Kevin Hart: What the Fit”, which launched in March 2018.

The show is among YouTube’s highest performing original series to date. Season Two of the show built on the inaugural season’s success and achieved even greater numbers, with Episode 1 garnering over 15m views in its first week in release. “What the Fit" built on that success yet again in a third season which premiered in 2020. “What the Fit” earned Mark a nomination for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Short Form Program in 2019 and won him a Realscreen Award in 2020.

He has developed unscripted projects across broadcast, premium streaming, and cable networks. In 2022, Mark pivoted back into scripted, and sold a film to Disney which he is producing and of which is currently in development at the studio. Mark also redeveloped and rebooted the beloved children’s series “Reading Rainbow”. That interactive streaming project premiered in March 2022.

Mark is also a quarter-finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship (The Academy's Fellowship), semi-finalist at the Page Awards, and two of his scripts (Bearcats and The Other Side) are in the coveted Red List, which features only the top 20 scripts on the site

PROJECTS

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Featured
Project

ZARI

“Zari” is a 19-minute cross-cultural coming of age short film that explores queerness, gender expression, and identity, set in and around a Delhi sari store amidst preparations for a wedding.

AWARDS

NewFest 

Grand Jury Prize for New York Narrative Short (Zari)

NewFest 

 Audience Award for Narrative Short (Zari)

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

Audience Award for Narrative Short (Zari)

Portland Film Festival

Best Narrative Short (Esperanza)

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival

Best Screenplay

Ojai Film Festival 

Best Student Short

South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 

Best Short Fiction

South Asian Film Festival of America 

Audience Award for Narrative Short

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PRESS

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Fox Orders ‘Kicking & Screaming’ Survival Reality Series
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Lionsgate Inks Overall TV Deal with ‘Kicking & Screaming’ Co-Creators
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‘Reading Rainbow’ Revival ‘Reading Rainbow Live’ to Debut in 2022 With Multiple Hosts

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