1981Nominee
Best Performance
Search for the Titanic
Michael Harris
Actor · Director · Producer
Biography
Michael Harris is best known as an American filmmaker, writer, and expedition organizer. He played a central role in financing and leading the Search for the Titanic and Return to the Titanic expeditions in 1980–81, coordinating scientific logistics and documenting the search for television audiences. Harris had prior experience producing adventure and documentary films and was instrumental in recruiting scientific personnel and television distribution for the Grimm expeditions.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1981Nominee
Best Performance
Return to the Titanic
1973Winner
Best Director
Deadly Fathoms
Career Highlights
1978Highlight
Best Performance
Pancho Villa's Treasure
1976Highlight
Best Performance
Expedition to Ararat
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Search for the Titanic
Return to the Titanic