Biography
Robert A. Harris is an American film historian, archivist and preservationist. He has worked on the restoration of numerous classic films, often in collaboration with James C. Katz, including Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Vertigo (1958), Rear Window (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964).
Harris produced the 1990 film The Grifters alongside Martin Scorsese and Jim Painten. He has also appeared as himself in documentaries such as These Amazing Shadows (2011). In 2010 he received the Nikola Tesla Award from the International Press Academy for visionary achievement in filmmaking technology. The Academy Film Archive holds the Robert A. Harris Collection of materials related to his restoration work.
