Kenneth A. Harris

Mr. Harris has worked in the industry for more than 20 years on the management side of film and television production. As both production accountant and production manager, his most extensive experience has been 11 1/2 years with National Geographic Television between 1999 and 2010, where he designed and implemented a production accounting and management software system that fully integrated with the wider NG Society's corporate systems, significantly improving the process of production management. As a production manager for NGT, he managed many hours of television, including the four hour limited natural history series, Great Migrations, which took 3 years to produce in locations all around the world. Managed several episodes of National Geographic's flagship program, Explorer that ran for more than 20 years and has won numerous awards. And finally he managed, for 5 consecutive years, the multi camera, live to tape, yearly production of the National Geographic Geography Bee Finals held every year at the Nat Geo headquarters in Washington, D.C., distributed nationally over the PBS network.

For 6 years he worked as a production manager for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints publishing services department, in the Film Video division, as a production manager on all feature sized projects. Such projects include a 4 year project filming stories from the New Testament. Shot all on 35mm film, the New Testament project spanned various locations from a 5 acre period Jerusalem set built in the high desert of Goshen, Utah. To the Mediterranean locations of the north western coast of Sicily, and finally the on the back lots of the famed Pinewood Studios of London, England. The results can be seen at the biblevideos.org web site.

He is one of the owners of Thunder Media Group, LLC, a production company started in 2016 and a freelance film producer and production manager.

With a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Arizona State University and a Master's degree in Theater and Film from Brigham Young University, his unique educational experience on both the management and creative sides has provided him with a unique perspective and understanding in the management of the creative process. A perspective which he has had the opportunity to apply to very great effect.

Selected projects managed for LDS Church include:

Book of Mormon project, year one. 2017 shot in Goshen, Utah and Arizona Beach, Oregon. Bible Videos, New Testament Project 2012-'14 Shot in Goshen, UT, Sicily, Italy, and London, England. Storms of Life, 2013 Water tank film shoot, for film to be used in the Rome, Italy LDS Temple visitor's center. First Vision, 2014 270 degree historical piece for LDS Church History Museum shot in Palmyra, NY. David Archuletta Music Video 2014 Music video shot in Costa Rica.

Selected projects managed for National Geographic Television include:

National Geographic Geography Bee Finals, 2006-'10 7 camera live to tape production for NGC and PBS distribution. Great Migrations, 2008-'09 4 episode natural history series for NGC. Inside, 2006 6 episode series for PBS Lockdown, 2006 3 episode series for National Geographic Channel (NGC) Animal Rescue after Hurricane Katrina, 2005 For PBS series, Nature DNA Mysteries: The Search for Adam, 2005 Episode of Explorer Hogzilla, 2005 Episode of Explorer Unlikely Suicide Bombers, 2004 Episode of Explorer China's Lost Girls, 2004 Episode of Ultimate Explorer