Pippa Harris | |
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| Born | Philippa Jill Olivier Harris 1967 (age 58–59) London, England |
| Education | Robinson College |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Known for | Call the Midwife |
| Title | Dame |
Dame Philippa Jill Olivier HarrisDBE (born 27 March 1967) is a British film and television producer. She co-foundedNeal Street Productions in 2003 withSam Mendes andCaro Newling.[1]
Harris was a script editor atITV andChannel Four before becoming a development executive atBBC Films and then an executive producer forBBC Drama Serials. In that role her projects includedWarriors andLove in a Cold Climate. Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for the BBC in 2001. Commissions during her time there includedDaniel Deronda andThe Lost Prince.[2]
Harris has executive produced several films includingThings We Lost in the Fire andRevolutionary Road starringLeonardo DiCaprio andKate Winslet. For TV Harris producedStuart: A Life Backwards featuringTom Hardy andBenedict Cumberbatch and executive producedCall the Midwife,Penny Dreadful andThe Hollow Crown andBritannia. Harris served as Adviser to the former leader of theLiberal DemocratsNick Clegg MP, with whom she had studied atRobinson College, Cambridge.[3]
For the film1917 directed bySam Mendes, Harris received various accolades, including anAcademy Award for Best Picture nomination, twoBAFTA Awards and aGolden Globe Award.
Harris is the granddaughter of medical doctorNoël Olivier. She was educated atOxford High School for Girls andRobinson College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a degree in English in 1989.[4]
Pippa Harris started her career as a production assistant at Jacaranda Productions in 1989 and progressed quickly through roles as a script editor forITV andChannel 4 before becoming development executive atBBC Films. She was then promoted to Executive Producer, BBC Drama Serials. Harris worked onWarriors (1999),Care (2000),The Sleeper (2000)The Way We Live Now (2001) andLove in a Cold Climate (2001).
In 2001, Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for theBBC, working withJane Tranter. Her BBC commissions includedCutting It (2002),Flesh and Blood (2002),Daniel Deronda (2002),The Lost Prince (2003) andState of Play (2003).
In 2003, Pippa Harris co-foundedNeal Street Productions with partnersSam Mendes andCaro Newling. Since forming the company, Harris has produced several films, includingJarhead (2005),Starter for 10 (2006) andBlood (2012). She has executive producedThings We Lost in the Fire (2007),Revolutionary Road (2008) andAway We Go (2009).
For television, Harris has producedStuart: A Life Backwards (2007) as well as the frightening psychological thriller,Penny Dreadful created and written by John Logan forShowtime /Sky Atlantic. She also executively produced the critically acclaimed,BAFTA nominated Shakespeare film series,The Hollow Crown (2012) andThe Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses (2016), as well asBritannia (2018) which was the first co-production between Sky and Amazon Prime Video in 2018, starringKelly Reilly,David Morrissey,Zoë Wanamaker,Liana Cornell andStanley Weber.
Harris continues to executive produce the hugely successful,BAFTA- andNTA-winningCall the Midwife which has returned for a ninth season in 2020.[5][6][7]
In 2018, Harris was appointed Chair[8] ofBAFTA, after a year as the Deputy Chair and is a board member of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She was appointed VP for Television in 2021.[9]
She is the editor of her grandmother's correspondence with poetRupert Brooke between 1908 and 1915.[10]
Harris was elevated to aDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the2015 Dissolution Honours Lists on 27 August 2015.[3]
Pippa Harris is Chair ofBAFTA, and sits on their board as well after having previously chaired the film committee. Since 2021, Pippa Harris has been Chair of Trustees atCharleston. She has served on its board since 2015.[11]
She is also a governor ofCentral School of Speech and Drama, and a Trustee of the Creative Society.
In 2023, Harris was selected to join the board of the Royal Foundation Charity.[12]
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