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Mr. Jonathan Harris

Professor of Film and Chair


Office: CHM 206
Visual and Performing Arts
College of Arts & Sciences
JonathanHarris2@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4762

Biography

Jonathan M. Harris's film and video work has been screened by film festivals nationwide including the San Francisco Documentary Festival, the Brooklyn Arts Council Film Festival and the Atlanta Film Festival. He was the Post-Production Supervisor for "The Adventures of Ociee Nash" and award-winning short film, “I Am Here” which recently screened at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival. He was the director of the feature-length musical, "Last Ride" and the documentary “Treasure Hunters”. He worked in public television as a producer on "C-47: Georgia's Short Film Showcase," and the "World War II Veterans Oral History Project" and currently teaches film production at Clayton State University. He was the director of the Decatur Film Festival from 2001-2002.

Education

BA, English Literature, Davidson College, 1993

MFA, Digital Filmmaking and Art, Georgia State University, 2003

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Jonathan Harris, San Diego International Kids' Film Festival July 2023 to July 2023

Jonathan Harris, Kids First! Film Festival Spring 2023 to Spring 2023

Jonathan Harris, Telly Award Spring 2025 to 2025

Presentations

Kurt-Alexander Zeller, Jonathan Harris, Shawn Bulloch, Cross-Curricular Collaboration: The Opera that Met the Film Production Faculty, National Opera Association 68th National Conference, National Opera Association –  January 5 2023

Shontelle Thrash, Jonathan Harris, Fostering Community and Collaboration Among Disciplines in the Arts, Georgia Communcation Conference (GCA), GCA –  February 16 2018

Teaching Interest

Post-Production, Documentary Production and Post-Production, Narrative Filmmaking, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics

Research Interest

Post-production workflows, Visual Effects techniques and workflows, Documentary techniques