Robert A. Harris

Robert A. Harris is an American film historian, archivist, and film preservationist.

Life

Robert A. Harris was born in 1945.
Harris is often working with James C. Katz and has restored such films as Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, Rear Window, and My Fair Lady.
He was also a producer of two films: The Grifters and Space Avenger.

Restorations

Lawrence of Arabia, restored 1989Spartacus, restored 1991My Fair Lady, restored 1994Vertigo, restored 1996Rear Window, restored 2000Williamsburg: the Story of a Patriot, restored 2004The Godfather, restored 2008The Godfather Part II, restored 2008It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, restored 2013Triumph of the Will, restored 2015

Published works

Awards and legacy

Harris and James C. Katz received the King Vidor Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2000 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
In 2010, Harris was honored by the International Press Academy with its Nikola Tesla Award for Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology.
The Academy Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is home to the Robert A. Harris Collection, which consists of film, video tape, and audio material related to Harris' restoration work; it includes over 1,100 items.