Sol Harris

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Sol Harris
Born
Sol Harris

(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 33)
Canterbury, U.K.
Other namesSeñor Sevens [1]
Occupation(s)Producer, director, writer, podcaster
Years active2005–present

Sol Harris (born 19 March 1990) is a British producer, director, writer and podcaster. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is best known as the producer of feature film Finding Fatimah [6] and as host of the weekly film podcast "Diminishing Returns". [7]

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Filmography

YearTitleProjectDirectorWriterProducerActor
2005Every Street Dreamsshort filmYes (segment "White Crow") [8] Yes (segment "White Crow")NoNo
2011Animation Fun-Pakshort filmYes (co-directed with Calvin Dyson)Yes (co-written with Calvin Dyson)Yes (co-produced with Calvin Dyson)Yes
2015Half My Faith, All My Struggleobservational documentary seriesYes (2nd unit)Yes (4 episodes)YesNo
2017 Finding Fatimah romantic comedy feature filmYes (2nd unit)Yes (characters and script doctor)Yes [9] Yes (uncredited cameo)

Writing

Harris worked with director, Oz Arshad, to develop the story and create the characters featured in Finding Fatimah before Arshad wrote the screenplay. [10] Afterwards, Harris served as the film's script doctor. [11]

Starting in 2017, Harris became a regular contributor to Starburst magazine. [12] He has previously written about film and TV for the website WhatCulture. [13]

Diminishing Returns podcast

In 2016, Harris launched the weekly film podcast, "Diminishing Returns", with co-hosts Calvin Dyson and Allen Turing. [14] The show sees the hosts reviewing a film before pitching their own ideas for what the sequel should be. [15] [16]

The show was inspired by Dyson's webseries, "My Weekly Bond", in which he reviewed one James Bond film a week. [17] As friends and film-fans, Dyson had pushed Harris to watch the James Bond series, with Harris generally being unimpressed. They decided to build a podcast around their resulting discussions, [18] with the podcast repeatedly returning to the James Bond franchise as a result. [19]

It has placed as highly as #3 in the UK TV & Film iTunes podcast chart. [20]

The Simpsons

Sol achieved notoriety as a die-hard fan of The Simpsons after a chart he produced, showcasing the show's perceived decline, became popular. [21] [22] He had previously cited the show as a major influence on him. [23]

He has since appeared on a variety of radio shows as a "Simpsons expert", including appearances on Dermot and Dave and RTÉ. [24] [25]

Note, the episode broadcast on 11 November 2001 is "The Parent Rap".

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  3. ↑ "NaSTA Previous Conferences and Awards" . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
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