Kirk Harris

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Harris starred in the 2013 western thriller A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (originally titled The Sorrow) by director Vernon Mortensen.[2] The film was shot in the mountains of Eastern San Diego county. The film was written by Mortensen and Johnny Harrington.

He also starred in The Kid: Chamaco, which was shot in Mexico City by Mexican director and producer Miguel Necoechea.[3] The film was written by Harris, Necoechea and Canadian filmmaker Carl Bessai.[3] A former amateur boxer, Harris played a boxer on-screen for the first time.[4] The film made its United States premiere at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival.[4][5] The film premiered in theaters in late 2010 and was chosen as a Critics Pick by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Harris' credits include: The Violent Kind, Intoxicating, Hard Luck, My Sweet Killer, and Harris' own directorial debut, Loser (1996; with Peta Wilson).[6] He was awarded the Best Breakthrough Performance Winner at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival. As a writer, Harris has had five of his screenplays make it to the screen. He also founded Rogue Arts, a film distribution and production company, whose titles include: Three Days of Rain, Flickering Lights, and Con Man.[7]

Family films

Harris is also known for directing animal related family films such as Bernie the Dolphin, a 2018 Canadian adventure drama film starring Patrick Muldoon and Kevin Sorbo[8][9] and the service dog family drama Dakota.[10]

The first Bernie the Dolphin film spawned a sequel titled Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019), also directed by Harris.[11]

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