Frank Harris (July 18, 1943 – April 27, 2020) was an American film director, producer, and cinematographer who has been working in films since the late 1970s. His work as a director includes ''

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'' in 1984, '' Low Blow'' and '' The Patriot'' in 1986, ''If We Knew Then'' in 1987 and ''

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'' in 1990. He originally worked as a television reporter.

Background

His wife Canadian born

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(married 1980), has also appeared in a number of his films. Before entering the film industry, Harris worked as a reporter for a California television station.

Career

He began his career around 1976 or 1978 as a cinematographer with ''Enforcer from Death Row'' aka ''Ninja Assassins'', a film that featured

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, Darnell Garcia, John Hammond, Cameron Mitchell, Ann Farber and Booker T. Anderson. He then applied his cinematography skills to the film ''Goldrunner'', a film about a kidnapped child, which starred Richard Losee and Kristin Kelly. Harris also had an acting role in the film as the mechanic. He took on multiple tasks in the 1984 film, ''

''. He was the film's director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Director

'', a 1984 film that starred

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, Cameron Mitchell, Stack Pierce and Richard Rountree,

was his directorial debut. It also featured

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and Bill Wallace. In 1986 he directed ''Low Blow'', another Leo Fong Film that featured

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and Akosua Busia, early 1960s heartthrob

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and Stack Pierce. This film gave Blanks his first credited film role. Also in 1986 he directed '' The Patriot'', a film about a disgraced navy seal that goes after terrorists that steal nuclear missiles. It starred

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and Stack Pierce. 1990 he directed ''Aftershock'', a Sci-Fi film set in Set in a post-apocalyptic 21st Century. It starred

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, James Lew,

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and Michael Standing

Cinematographer

As a cinematographer, Harris's early work was with Leo Fong in ''

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'' which starred Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Booker T. Anderson, and Darnell Garcia. In the 1980s, he worked on the

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directed '' Catch the Heat'', an action film about a female agent / martial expert operating in Argentina. It was released in 1987. Harris was back working with Leo Fong in ''Showdown''. The 1993 film which also starred

and Werner Hoetzinger was about a town of Mafia retirees that have their sanctuary invaded by a motorcycle gang. Harris worked on the 2009 television series '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. Already a seasoned veteran, he was in charge of the camera crew.

Filmography

Feature films

Television

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Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (TV Series)
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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Frank 20th-century births 2020 deaths American film directors American film producers American cinematographers Year of birth missing Place of birth missing