Who Am I?

Aloha! I’m James Harris. I’m a comedy writer, performer, animator and film maker based in the North East of England.

In 2004 my DIY comedy short The Curse of Jeff  was short listed for the BBC Talent new filmmakers award and was selected to tour as part of the Independent Cinema Office’s Best of British programme 2005. This led to a commission to write and direct a further short film for BBC3, The Space Time Envelope, starring Colin and Fergus.

In 2006 I won BBC3 and Comedy Soup’s “Funny Hunt” with the animation The Prophecies of Nostradamus, subsequently broadcast on Comedy Shuffle in January 2007.

My 2007 film, Moon Shot UK, was short listed and winner of a “special mention” at DepicT! It has since been screened at film festivals world wide, plus Reading & Leeds and Glastonbury, and was included as part of the BBC’s New British Talent touring short film programme.

I have written for Spacehopper, Scallywagga (BBC 3), Parsons and Naylor’s Pull Out Sections (BBC Radio 2), Underbelly (in-development Hat Trick sketch show), and Mustard magazine.

 I’ve written and produced films/animations for 4mations (Channel 4), Fresh Animation on 3 (BBC3), Comedy Shuffle (BBC3), Totally Viral (Dave) and Teethgrinder (BBC2 NI).

In 2007 I wrote and performed in a sketch show, Why I Hate Mechanics, at the Edinburgh Fringe. (“This random sketch show is performed by two very funny and quite charming men. Their sketches are quite unique; the pair perform well together, and they work hard to push the boundaries just beyond good taste. – Three Weeks Daily, Edinburgh.)

I’ve started to do a bit of stand-up comedy, and made the Edinburgh semi-finals of So You Think You’re Funny in 2009.

I’ve also made some fairly awesome penne arabiata in my time.

Basically, I am nearly successful, depending on your definitions of “nearly” and “successful”.