Leslie Harris

Birthplace

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.