Biography
Timothy Harris, also credited as Timothy Hyde Harris, is an American screenwriter, author and producer. Born on 21 July 1946 in Los Angeles, California, he began publishing fiction in the late 1960s before moving into film in the early 1980s.
He collaborated extensively with Herschel Weingrod on screenplays including Trading Places (1983), Brewster's Millions (1985), Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Space Jam (1996). The pair also produced Joel Schumacher's Falling Down (1993). Harris later wrote the screenplay for Astro Boy (2009). He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Trading Places.
