Harris Doran (born June 2, 1978) is an American independent film writer, director, actor, and producer.

Career

Theatre

Doran received an

Ovation Award The Ovation Awards are a Southern California award for excellence in theatre, established in 1989. They are given out by the non-profit arts service organization LA Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Winne ...

nomination for playing "The Artful Dodger" in Oliver! at

Deaf West Theatre Deaf West Theatre is a non-profit arts organization based in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is most well known for its Tony Award-nominated productions of '' Big River'' and '' Spring Awakening''. Deaf West Theatre is led by Artistic Director, ...

. He played "Claude" on

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in the

Actors Fund of America The Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports performers and behind-the-scenes workers in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 17,000 people directly each year. S ...

concert of Hair. Doran won a

New York Musical Theatre Festival The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) was an annual three-week summer festival that operated from 2004 to 2019. It presented more than 30 new musicals a year in New York City's midtown theater district. More than half were chosen by leading theate ...

Award for Best Actor for his work in the Off-Broadway play "Love Jerry". He played "Ham" in the out of town tryout of the stage adaptation of Harry Connick Jr's The Happy Elf. He played "Miles" in the Off-Broadway play "It Must Be Him, and "Marc" in the world premiere of "I'm Connecticut".

Writing and directorial

Doran made his writer/director debut short film "The Story of Milo & Annie" starring

Cathy Moriarty Cathy Moriarty (born November 29, 1960) is an American actress and singer whose career spans over 40 years. For her work in Martin Scorsese's 1980 film ''Raging Bull'', she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ...

which won Best Narrative Short in the

Indie Memphis Film Festival Indie Memphis, located in Memphis, TN, is an arts organization that runs year-round programs that "inspire, encourage and promote independent films and filmmaking in Memphis."

, and produced the short film "photo op" starring

Randy Harrison Randolph Clarke Harrison (born November 2, 1977) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Justin Taylor on the Showtime drama '' Queer as Folk''. Early life and college Harrison was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he starting ...

. He has written the stage musicals "Salvage," "Wasp Woman," and "Bleeding Love" as well as pop songs including "Falling Away" for

Marion Raven Marion Elise Ravn (born 25 May 1984), better known abroad as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo ar ...

. Doran was a writer on Lifetime's "I Love You... But I Lied." Doran wrote and directed the feature film

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, which premiered as a US competition film in the

LA Film Festival The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, epis ...

and for which Doran was shortlisted for the Independent Spirit Awards' Someone To Watch Award. The film was released in 2018 by The Orchard. Doran directed the podcast musical "Bleeding Love" and the film "I See You and You See Me" for Queens Theatre which premiered on PBS. Doran wrote and directed the short film "F^¢k 'Em R!ght B@¢k" which premiered in

The Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 ...

Filmography

References

External links

official site

''Beauty Mark'' official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doran, Harris 1978 births Juilliard School alumni Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Living people