
Pippa Harris
Harris was a script editor at ITV and Channel Four before becoming a development executive at BBC Films and then an executive producer for BBC Drama Serials. In that role her projects included Warriors and Love in a Cold Climate. Harris became Head of Drama Commissioning for the BBC in 2001. Commissions during her time there included Daniel Deronda and The Lost Prince.
Harris has produced several films including the acclaimed 2026 film Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, and The Magic Faraway Tree. She has also executive produced Things We Lost in the Fire and Revolutionary Road starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. For TV Harris produced Stuart: A Life Backwards featuring Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch and executive produced Call the Midwife, Penny Dreadful and The Hollow Crown and Britannia. Harris served as Adviser to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg MP, with whom she had studied at Robinson College, Cambridge.
For the film 1917 directed by Sam Mendes, Harris received various accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination, two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
In June 2026, Pippa Harris was included in Variety's Inaugural Women's Impact Report UK, celebrating women whose leadership, creativity and influence are shaping the future of the entertainment and creative industries.
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