Frank Harris

Frank Harris (July 18, 1943 – April 27, 2020) was an American film director, producer, and cinematographer who has been working in films since the late 1970s. His work as a director includes Killpoint in 1984, Low Blow and The Patriot in 1986, If We Knew Then in 1987 and Lockdown in 1990. He originally worked as a television reporter.

Background His wife Canadian born Diane Stevenett (married 1980), has also appeared in a number of his films.

Before entering the film industry, Harris worked as a reporter for a California television station.

Career He began his career around 1976 or 1978 as a cinematographer with Enforcer from Death Row aka Ninja Assassins, a film that featured Leo Fong, Darnell Garcia, John Hammond, Cameron Mitchell, Ann Farber and Booker T. Anderson. He then applied his cinematography skills to the film Goldrunner, a film about a kidnapped child, which starred Richard Losee and Kristin Kelly. Harris also had an acting role in the film as the mechanic. He took on multiple tasks in the 1984 film, Killpoint. He was the film's director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Director Killpoint, a 1984 film that starred Leo Fong, Hope Holiday, Cameron Mitchell, Stack Pierce and Richard Rountree, Diane Stevenett was his directorial debut. It also featured James Lew and Bill Wallace. In 1986 he directed Low Blow, another Leo Fong Film that featured Billy Blanks and Akosua Busia, early 1960s heartthrob Troy Donahue and Stack Pierce. This film gave Blanks his first credited film role. Also in 1986 he directed The Patriot, a film about a disgraced navy seal that goes after terrorists that steal nuclear missiles. It starred Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Jeff Conaway, Leslie Nielsen and Stack Pierce. 1990 he directed Aftershock, a Sci-Fi film set in Set in a post-apocalyptic 21st Century. It starred Elizabeth Kaitan, Chuck Jeffreys, James Lew, Richard Lynch, Christopher Mitchum, John Saxon and Michael Standing

Cinematographer As a cinematographer, Harris's early work was with Leo Fong in Enforcer from Death Row which starred Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Booker T. Anderson, and Darnell Garcia. In the 1980s, he worked on the Joel Silberg directed Catch the Heat, an action film about a female agent / martial expert operating in Argentina. It was released in 1987. Harris was back working with Leo Fong in Showdown. The 1993 film which also starred Richard Lynch and Werner Hoetzinger was about a town of Mafia retirees that have their sanctuary invaded by a motorcycle gang. Harris worked on the 2009 television series Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. Already a seasoned veteran, he was in charge of the camera crew.

Filmography Feature films + Director Title Year Notes # Killpoint 1984 Low Blow 1986 The Patriot 1986 If We Knew Then 1987 Girl Talk 1989 Aftershock 1990 Lockdown 1990

+ Cinematographer Title Director Year Notes # Ninja Assassins Marshall M. BordenEfren C. Piñon 1976 Goldrunner Richard Losee 1980 Killpoint Frank Harris 1984 24 Hours to Midnight Leo Fong 1985 Low Blow Frank Harris 1986 The Patriot Frank Harris 1986 Hawkeye George Chung 1986 Lockdown Frank Harris 1990 Black Belt Angels Chi Kim 1994 Skyscraper Raymond Martino 1996 Brazilian Brawl Leo Fong 2003 Transformed Efren C. Piñon 2005 Let's All Kill Harold Jim Skidmore 2015

+ Actor Title Role Director Year Notes # Goldrunner Mechanic Richard Losee 1980 Low Blow Uncredited role Frank Harris 1986

Television + Television shows Title Episode # Role Director Year Notes # Critter Gitters The Flying Professor first assistant camera Bryan Curb 1998 Critter Gitters Kinetics Catastrophe I & II first assistant director Bryan Curb 1999 Critter Gitters Cow Pie Bingo first assistant director Eric D. Howell 1999 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Out of the Void Cinematographer Mark Allen 2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Back in Black Cinematographer Mark Allen 2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight A Hero's Fall Cinematographer Mark Allen 2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Dark Deception Cinematographer Steve Wang 2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight The Enemy Within Cinematographer Steve Wang 2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight A Dragon's Tale Cinematographer Steve Wang 2009

+ TV documentary Title Role Director Year Notes # Heart of the Soul with Gary Zukav Camera Bill Einreinhofer 2002 Barbaro camera operator Frank Deford 2008