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==''[[Chameleon Street]]''== |
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He is the writer, director and lead actor of ''[[Chameleon Street]]'', which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1990 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite |
He is the writer, director and lead actor of ''[[Chameleon Street]]'', which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1990 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |title="Chameleon Street," an overlooked masterwork that's also a cautionary tale about Hollywood |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/chameleon-street-an-overlooked-masterwork-thats-also-a-cautionary-tale-about-hollywood |accessdate=23 December 2022 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=September 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/29/movies/critic-s-notebook-after-pizza-and-polite-squabbling-a-film-wins.html?pagewanted=1|title=After Pizza an Polite Squabbling, a Film Wins|last=James|first=Caryn|date=January 29, 1990|work=New York Times|accessdate=2 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="sundance">{{cite web |title=1990 Sundance Film Festival |url=http://history.sundance.org/events/25 |website=[[sundance.org]] |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2021 |title=Wendell B. Harris Jr.’s Top 10 |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/391-wendell-b-harris-jr-s-top-10 |access-date= |website=The Criterion Collection |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Later career== |
==Later career== |
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Harris and Prismatic Images went on to produce a radio series entitled ''Black Biography'', which showcased black icons from the spheres of art, history, and politics. He has appeared as an actor in the films ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998) and ''[[Road Trip (film)|Road Trip]]'' (2000). Harris is currently in post-production for the forthcoming documentary ''Arbiter Roswell'', a 14-year project chronicling the relationship between public opinion, the media, and the [[military-industrial complex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2009/02/ed_bradley_wendell_b_harris.html|title='Chameleon' director Wendell B. Harris Jr. of Flint shines again at Sundance|work=[[Booth Newspapers]]|publisher=Mlive.com|accessdate=1 November 2010}}</ref> |
Harris and Prismatic Images went on to produce a radio series entitled ''Black Biography'', which showcased black icons from the spheres of art, history, and politics. He has appeared as an actor in the films ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998) and ''[[Road Trip (film)|Road Trip]]'' (2000). Harris is currently in post-production for the forthcoming documentary ''Arbiter Roswell'', a 14-year project chronicling the relationship between public opinion, the media, and the [[military-industrial complex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2009/02/ed_bradley_wendell_b_harris.html|title='Chameleon' director Wendell B. Harris Jr. of Flint shines again at Sundance|work=[[Booth Newspapers]]|publisher=Mlive.com|accessdate=1 November 2010}}</ref> |
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Wendell B. Harris Jr. | |
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| Born | Wendell Burks Harris Jr. March 5, 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, filmmaker |
Wendell B. Harris Jr. (born March 5, 1954), is a Juilliard- and Interlochen-trained American filmmaker and actor.
He is the writer, director and lead actor of Chameleon Street, which won the Grand Jury prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival.[1][2][3][4]
Later career
Harris and Prismatic Images went on to produce a radio series entitled Black Biography, which showcased black icons from the spheres of art, history, and politics. He has appeared as an actor in the films Out of Sight (1998) and Road Trip (2000). Harris is currently in post-production for the forthcoming documentary Arbiter Roswell, a 14-year project chronicling the relationship between public opinion, the media, and the military-industrial complex.[5]
References
- ^ Brody, Richard (September 22, 2021). ""Chameleon Street," an overlooked masterwork that's also a cautionary tale about Hollywood". The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ James, Caryn (January 29, 1990). "After Pizza an Polite Squabbling, a Film Wins". New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "1990 Sundance Film Festival". sundance.org. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s Top 10". The Criterion Collection. November 2, 2021.
- ^ "'Chameleon' director Wendell B. Harris Jr. of Flint shines again at Sundance". Booth Newspapers. Mlive.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.