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and Caro Newling. Harris was a script editor at ITV and

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before becoming a development executive at

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and then an executive producer for

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Drama Serials. In that role her projects included ''Warriors'' and ''

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''. Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for the BBC in 2001. Commissions during her time there included ''Daniel Deronda'' and ''

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''. Harris has executive produced several films including '' Things We Lost in the Fire'' and '' Revolutionary Road'' starring Leonardo DiCaprio and

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. For TV Harris produced '' Stuart: A Life Backwards'' featuring Tom Hardy and

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and executive produced ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Hollow Crown'' and ''

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''. Harris served as Adviser to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats

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MP, with whom she had studied at

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. For the film ''

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'' directed by

, Harris received various accolades, including an

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nomination, two

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and a

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. In 2018, Harris was appointed Chair of BAFTA, after a year as the Deputy Chair and is a board member of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Early years

Harris is the granddaughter of medical doctor Noël Olivier. She was educated at

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and

, where she graduated with a degree in English in 1989.

Career

Pippa Harris started her career as a production assistant at Jacaranda Productions in 1989 and progressed quickly through roles as a script editor for ITV and

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before becoming development executive at

. She was then promoted to Executive Producer, BBC Drama Serials. Harris worked on ''Warriors'' (1999), ''Care'' (2000), ''The Sleeper'' (2000) ''

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'' (2001) and ''

'' (2001). In 2001, Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for the

, working with

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. Her BBC commissions included ''

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'' (2002), ''Flesh and Blood'' (2002), ''

Daniel Deronda ''Daniel Deronda'' is a novel written by Mary Ann Evans under the pen name of George Eliot, first published in eight parts (books) February to September 1876. It was the last novel she completed and the only one set in the Victorian society ...

'' (2002), ''

'' (2003) and '' State of Play'' (2003). In 2003, Pippa Harris co-founded Neal Street Productions with partners

and Caro Newling. Since forming the company, Harris has produced several films, including '' Jarhead'' (2005), '' Starter for 10'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2012). She has executive produced '' Things We Lost in the Fire'' (2007), '' Revolutionary Road'' (2008) and '' Away We Go'' (2009). For television, Harris has produced '' Stuart: A Life Backwards'' (2007) as well as the frightening psychological thriller, ''

'' created and written by John Logan for

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. She also executively produced the critically acclaimed, BAFTA nominated Shakespeare film series, '' The Hollow Crown'' (2012) and '' The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses'' (2016), as well as ''

'' (2018) which was the first co-production between Sky and Amazon Prime Video in 2018, starring

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, Liana Cornell and

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. Harris continues to executive produce the hugely successful, BAFTA- and

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-winning ''

'' which has returned for a ninth season in 2020. She is the editor of her grandmother's correspondence with poet

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between 1908 and 1915.

Damehood

Harris was elevated to a

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(DBE) in the

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Lists on 27 August 2015.Dissolution Honours 2015
gov.uk; accessed 11 February 2016.

Board memberships

Pippa Harris is Chair of BAFTA, and sits on their board as well after having previously chaired the film committee. Since 2021, Pippa Harris has been Chair of Trustees at

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. She is also a governor of

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, and a Trustee of the Creative Society.

Accolades

nomination for ''

'' *

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for ''1917'' *

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for ''1917'' *

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Since its institution in 1943, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association i ...

for ''1917'' * Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for ''1917''

References

Bibliography

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External links

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Interview in The Guardian, UK
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