Amy B. Harris

{{short description|American producer and writer for television and film}}

{{About|the producer and screenwriter|other people named Amy Harris|Amy Harris (disambiguation)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|38|2009|03|20|noage=1}}{{r|NYT-Wedding}}

| birth_place = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

| alma_mater = Duke University

| occupation = {{Flat list|

Producer
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| years_active = 1998–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Jason Reilly|2009}}

| children = 1

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Amy B. Harris (born 1970/71), sometimes credited as Amy Harris, is an American screenwriter and producer. She is best known for producing the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and developing its prequel series The Carrie Diaries (2013–14), which aired on The CW.

Career

Harris first considered a legal career, but instead worked for a year as an editorial assistant at Vanity Fair before moving to CBS to work on their TV series Central Park West. Although the show was not successful, when it folded she had the opportunity to join HBO.{{r|Armitage-2014}}

Harris was a co-producer for the HBO romantic sitcom Sex and the City,{{r|HBO-SatC}} for which she wrote two episodes: "Ring A Ding Ding" and "Hop, Skip and a Week".{{r|Shapiro-2013}} In 2005, she was producer for the HBO comedy-drama series The Comeback, and wrote the episode "Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover".{{r|AMC-Comeback|TV-Guide-Comeback}} She was one of the writers and co-executive producers for the second season of the series, which first aired nine years after the debut season, in November 2014.{{r|TV-SF|Dos-Santos-2014}}

Harris co-wrote the 2006 romantic comedy film Just My Luck.{{r|Scott-2006}} She was executive producer of the 2008 web series Puppy Love,{{r|Wallenstein-2008}} and short films Gone to the Dogs (2008){{r|Hollywood-GttD}} and Whose Dog is it Anyway? (2009).{{r|CIFF-Whose-Dog}} She also wrote the series Fetching for AOL's On Network in 2012.{{r|McDonald-2012}}

Harris was consulting producer for teen drama Gossip Girl (2007–12){{r|Wagmeister-2015a}} and wrote the episodes "Memoirs of an Invisible Dan" and "Cross Rhodes".{{r|TV.com-MoID|BCT-Cross-Rhodes}} From 2013 until its cancellation in 2014, Harris served as executive producer of Sex and the City{{'s}} prequel series The Carrie Diaries.{{r|Gouttebroze-2014}} Harris developed the project at The CW{{r|Andreeva-2011}} and wrote several episodes including "Win Some, Lose Some".{{r|CW50-2013}}

In 2015, Harris signed a two-year deal with ABC Studios to develop new projects for the network and its streaming services.{{r|Wagmeister-2015a}} She was named showrunner and executive producer for ABC Network's crime anthology series Wicked City.{{r|Pickard-2015|Wagmeister-2015a}} This aired in 2015 but was pulled after three episodes,{{r|Hibberd-2015}} although the remaining five episodes were made available on Hulu later that year.{{r|Wagmeister-2015b}} She was originally showrunner and executive producer for ABC's 2016 series Designated Survivor{{r|Goldberg-2016a|Prudom-2016}} but left when the creative direction of the series changed.{{r|Goldberg-2016b}} Her association with ABC continued, and was further renewed for two years in 2019.{{r|Andreeva-2019}} According to Jonnie Davis, the president of ABC Studios: "There are very few writers who capture the voice of women like Amy can".{{r|Andreeva-2019}}

Harris is showrunner and an executive producer for Amazon Prime Video's The Wilds, released December 2020 with the second season announced in the same month.{{r|Shafer-2020}}

Personal life

Harris was raised in Bethesda, Maryland,{{r|Josephs-JWI}} the daughter of lawyers{{r|Armitage-2014}} Susan Banes Harris and former FCC bureau head Laurence E. Harris (1936–2020).{{r|NYT-Wedding|Post-2020}} She attended Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Duke University,{{r|Armitage-2014}} where she majored in Russian and political science.{{r|Josephs-JWI}} She married television director Jason Reilly in 2009.{{r|NYT-Wedding}} They have one daughter.{{r|Post-2013}}

References

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{{cite web |title=Amy Harris, Jason Reilly |date=March 20, 2009 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/fashion/weddings/22harris.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205014206/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/fashion/weddings/22harris.html?_r=0 |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=February 5, 2017 }}

{{cite web |last=Armitage |first=Vivian |date=December 19, 2014 |title=TV Writer, Producer Amy Harris Inspires Hall Students |work=OKC Friday |url=http://okcfriday.com/tv-writer-producer-amy-harris-inspires-hall-students-p9471-152.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116015308/http://okcfriday.com/tv-writer-producer-amy-harris-inspires-hall-students-p9471-152.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2021}}

{{cite web |title=Sex and the City: Cast & Crew |url=http://www.hbo.com/sex-and-the-city#/sex-and-the-city/cast-and-crew/index.html |publisher=Home Box Office |access-date=February 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225225419/http://www.hbo.com/sex-and-the-city |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Rebecca |date=March 30, 2013 |title='The Carrie Diaries' Recap: It's All About The Labels |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-shapiro/the-carrie-diaries-recap-read-before-use_b_2569408.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506171856/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-shapiro/the-carrie-diaries-recap-read-before-use_b_2569408.html |archive-date=May 6, 2017}}

{{cite web |title=The Comeback (TV Series) credits |url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/326492/Comeback-TV-Series/credits |publisher=American Movie Classics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707130538/http://movies.amctv.com/movie/326492/Comeback-TV-Series/credits |archive-date=July 7, 2011}}

{{cite web |title=Amy B. Harris Credits The Comeback |work=TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-b-harris/credits/219665/191816/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509232434/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amy-b-harris/credits/219665/191816/ |archive-date=May 9, 2017}}

{{cite web|last=Kimball |first=Trevor |date=July 10, 2014 |title=The Comeback: Season Two Coming to HBO in November |work=TV Series Finale |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-comeback-season-two-coming-to-hbo-in-november-33109/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140725141600/http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-comeback-season-two-coming-to-hbo-in-november-33109/ |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}

{{cite web |last=Dos Santos |first=Kristin |date=November 30, 2014 |title=The Unplanned Moment from Tonight's The Comeback That Had Everyone on Set 'Dying Laughing' |publisher=E! Online |url=http://eonline.com/news/602046/the-unplanned-moment-from-tonight-s-the-comeback-that-had-everyone-on-set-dying-laughing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203163031/http://www.eonline.com/news/602046/the-unplanned-moment-from-tonight-s-the-comeback-that-had-everyone-on-set-dying-laughing |archive-date=December 3, 2014}}

{{cite web |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=May 12, 2006 |title=Just My Luck (2006) |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/movies/12luck.html |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622040057/http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/12/movies/12luck.html |archive-date=June 22, 2013}}

{{cite web |last=Wallenstein |first=Andrew |date=September 23, 2008 |title=Lisa Kudrow to topline Web series |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kudrow-net/lisa-kudrow-to-topline-web-series-idUSTRE48MBZD20080923 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115222641/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kudrow-net/lisa-kudrow-to-topline-web-series-idUSTRE48MBZD20080923 |archive-date=January 15, 2021}} Puppy Love is mentioned in the section Canine Tales.

{{cite web |title=Gone to the Dogs |work=Hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/movies/gone-to-the-dogs-59222102/credits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515213438/http://www.hollywood.com/movies/gone-to-the-dogs-59222102/credits/ |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |title=Whose Dog is it Anyway? |publisher=Cleveland International Film Festival |url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2010/whose-dog-is-it-anyway |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815112311/https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2010/whose-dog-is-it-anyway |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}

{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=Andrew |date=April 25, 2012 |title=AOL steps up web series efforts |work=C21Media |url=http://www.c21media.net/archives/80805 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226032020/http://www.c21media.net/aol-steps-up-web-series-efforts/ |archive-date=December 26, 2014}}

{{cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=June 11, 2015 |title=ABC Taps 'Sex and the City' Producer Amy B. Harris as 'Wicked City' Showrunner |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/abc-taps-sex-and-the-city-producer-amy-b-harris-as-wicked-city-showrunner-1201517787/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612122438/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/abc-taps-sex-and-the-city-producer-amy-b-harris-as-wicked-city-showrunner-1201517787/ |archive-date=June 12, 2015}}

{{cite web |title=Gossip Girl: Memoirs of an Invisible Dan Cast & Crew |publisher=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/gossip-girl/memoirs-of-an-invisible-dan-1402686/cast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001061717/http://www.tv.com/shows/gossip-girl/memoirs-of-an-invisible-dan-1402686/cast/ |archive-date=October 1, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2017 }}

{{cite web |title=Gossip Girl 5x16 Promo "Cross Rhodes" |location=Willingboro, NJ |work=Burlington County Times |url=http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/archives/gossip-girl-x-promo-cross-rhodes/youtube_35b97576-3be7-5887-943f-509f0104cf17.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509234130/http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/archives/gossip-girl-x-promo-cross-rhodes/youtube_35b97576-3be7-5887-943f-509f0104cf17.html |archive-date=May 9, 2017}}

{{cite web |last=Gouttebroze |first=Max |date=January 10, 2014 |title=GLAAD talks to 'Carrie Diaries' Executive Producer Amy Harris about the series' upcoming AIDS storyline |work=GLAAD |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-talks-carrie-diaries-executive-producer-amy-harris-about-series-upcoming-aids-storyline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114043721/https://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-talks-carrie-diaries-executive-producer-amy-harris-about-series-upcoming-aids-storyline |archive-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |date=October 23, 2013 |title='Win Some, Lose Some' Preview |work=The CW50 |location=Detroit |url=https://cwdetroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/23/win-some-lose-some-preview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024033258/http://cwdetroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/23/win-some-lose-some-preview/ |archive-date=October 24, 2013}}

{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 11, 2011 |title='The Carrie Diaries' Now Officially At CW With 'Gossip Girl' Producers On Board |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/update-carries-diaries-now-officially-at-cw-with-gossip-girl-producers-on-board-169856/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001191628/http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/update-carries-diaries-now-officially-at-cw-with-gossip-girl-producers-on-board/ |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Pickard |first=Michael |date=October 27, 2015 |title=City slicker |work=Drama Quarterly |url=http://dramaquarterly.com/tag/amy-b-harris/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524210319/http://dramaquarterly.com/tag/amy-b-harris/ |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |url-status=live}}

{{cite magazine |last=Hibberd |date=November 13, 2015 |first=James |title=Wicked City canceled: Fall's first officially axed show |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/13/wicked-city-canceled |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114225120/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/13/wicked-city-canceled |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=December 23, 2015 |title=Hulu Streaming Un-Aired Episodes of ABC's Canceled 'Wicked City' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/wicked-city-hulu-streaming-episodes-ed-westwick-1201667525/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224171859/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/wicked-city-hulu-streaming-episodes-ed-westwick-1201667525/ |archive-date=December 24, 2015}}

{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Amy B. Harris to Showrun ABC's Kiefer Sutherland Drama 'Designated Survivor' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amy-b-harris-showrun-abcs-862331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217222939/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amy-b-harris-showrun-abcs-862331 |archive-date=February 17, 2016 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Prudom |first=Laura |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Kiefer Sutherland's 'Designated Survivor' Casts Kal Penn, Maggie Q, Natascha McElhone and Italia Ricci |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/designated-survivor-kal-penn-maggie-q-abc-kiefer-sutherland-1201698388/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217223230/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/designated-survivor-kal-penn-maggie-q-abc-kiefer-sutherland-1201698388/ |archive-date=February 17, 2016 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=May 6, 2016 |title=Kiefer Sutherland Starrer 'Designated Survivor' Officially Picked Up at ABC |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kiefer-sutherland-starrer-designated-survivor-891573 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508114827/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kiefer-sutherland-starrer-designated-survivor-891573 |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Amy B. Harris Re-Ups ABC Studios Overall Deal, Sells 'The Prince' Fashion Drama With Zac Posen To ABC |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/amy-b-harris-re-ups-abc-studios-overall-deal-sells-the-prince-fashion-drama-with-zac-posen-to-abc-1202814397/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125041342/https://deadline.com/2019/12/amy-b-harris-re-ups-abc-studios-overall-deal-sells-the-prince-fashion-drama-with-zac-posen-to-abc-1202814397/ |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=December 19, 2020 |title='The Wilds' Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-wilds-renewed-season-2-at-amazon-1234867110/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220052231/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-wilds-renewed-season-2-at-amazon-1234867110/ |archive-date=December 20, 2020}}

{{cite web |last=Josephs |first=Susan |title=Amy Harris - Scripting Women's Lives |work=JWI Magazine |url=http://www.jwi.org/page.aspx?pid=848#sthash.p2hBQl7Q.Mz1cpQzb.dpbs}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=January 2021}}

{{cite news |date=May 19, 2013 |title=Laurence Harris Obituary |newspaper=The Washington Post |via=Legacy.com |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=laurence-harris&pid=196209991 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602210330/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=laurence-harris&pid=196209991 |archive-date=June 2, 2020}}

{{cite news |title=Daniel Banes, PhD Obituary |date=April 23, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |via=Legacy.com |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=164455081 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040800/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=164455081 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}

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