COMEDIAN/DIRECTOR/WRITER Ian Harris’s career began after having his first two feature length comedy spoof screenplays optioned at age 21. He has enjoyed much success as a stand-up comedian, with many TV appearances, including Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Comedy Central, and TWO, one-hour TV specials. At the age of 28, Ian wrote, produced and directed his first feature film, It Burns When I Laugh, in 8 days on 16mm film for $27,000! Burns played at many film festivals and received rave reviews from magazines such as Backstage West, who dubbed the film, “A cleverly funny comedy about the rigors of the stand-up comedy scene delivered with savvy timing.”
His films have played festivals from Los Angeles to Wales, Newport Beach to South Africa, receiving numerous awards and accolades; Best Feature Film at the Seattle Underground Film Festival, Best Director award at the 48 Hour Film Project, finalist in the Fade-In Awards, multiple 4 star reviews from Film Threat, and have starred the likes of Chelsea Handler, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Hardwick, Bobby Lee, Steve Schrippa, Bob Oshack, Laura Silverman, Bil Dwyer, Robert Hawkins, and Tom Kenny. Ian has directed features, shorts, music videos, and five, one-hour comedy specials for other comedians, such as Ty Barnett and Dwayne Perkins, that have been seen on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Showtime and Starz. For nearly seven years, Ian worked as staff and freelance commercial editor for top level post companies such as Mad River Post and Union Editorial . He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter, where he also owns an MMA gym called Fight Science MMA.
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