Intellect

Paul Harris graduated in Photography from Birmingham College of Art & Design in 1980. He subsequently worked in broadcast television as a documentary editor for a Channel 4 & S4C independent, and as a lighting cameraman for the BBC and Central Television. He later became a freelance director and independent producer for a range of broadcast and large corporate clients. Since 1994 Paul has taught film, television and digital media production in a number of Scottish institutions, specialising in writing for media, narrative development, cinematography and visual language. Paul has recently been focusing on enhancing the viability and sustainability of the Scottish interactive industries, by establishing the Whitespace resource at Abertay, aimed at supporting sector businesses and the associated freelance workforce in gaining new skills, diversifying their markets and collaborating on major joint projects.

Paul has won numerous national and international
awards during his career as a director, script advisor and executive producer of student work, including many Scottish Students on Screen Awards, several International Visual Communication Association Awards, two Royal Television
Society Awards, a BAFTA Scotland for best new documentary talent, and a British Academy Award for best short film. Paul serves on a number of national creative
and cultural industry panels and Boards.