MIKE HARRIS

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dudley Michael Harris

(813) 963-6200 (phone)

(813) 962-1328 (fax)

PERSONAL DATA

Born : January 2, 1936Tampa, FloridaUSA Married: Five Children

PRESENT POSITION

Chairman: San Bao Enterprises, Inc.

EDUCATION

H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, Florida 1953
University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. 1954
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1957
USMC Officer Candidate School, Quantico, Virginia, 1958
USN Flight School, Pensacola, Florida 1958
USN Jet Instrument Training, Millington, Tennessee, 1958
USN Advanced Jet Training, Kingsville, Texas, 1959

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

USMC , First Lieutenant, Honorable Discharge, 1960
Henry AQuednau Advertising Agency, Tampa, Florida, Copywriter, 1960
Jim Walter Corporation, Tampa, Florida, Dist. Adv. Dir., 1962
Biff Burger Drive-In's, Tampa, Florida, Advertising Director, 1969
Ron Gorton Film PRoductions, Clearwater, Florida, Director, 1969
HMS Film Corporation, Tampa, Florida, President 1970-1975
HMS Sports Corporation, Tampa, Florida, President, 1970-1975
Self-Employed PRoducer/Director, Mike Harris LTD., Tampa, Florida 1974-1984

PRODUCTIONS - TELEVISION/FILMS

Numerous Corporate Commercials and Films, 1960-1970
American of the Year, 1973
Deadly Fathoms, Featuring Rod Serling, 1973
St. Lukes Hospital, Featuring Art Linkletter, 1974
Pancho Villa's Treasure, Featuring Cesar Romero, 1976
Expedition to Noah's Ark, Featuring Joseph Cotten, 1977
Search for the Titanic, Featuring Orson Welles, 1980
Return to the Titanic, Featuring James Drury, 1982

SCREENPLAYS

Race Pilot Pancho Villa's Treasure
Expedition to Noah's Ark
Search for the Titanic, Co-Authored with David O'Malley
Return to the Titanic, Co-Authored with James Drury
Blowgun, Co-Authored with David O'Malley
Dark Canyon, (From the book by Louis L'Amour)
Passis' Through, (From the book by Louis L'Amour)
Lucky Girl
Seminole Man
The Jersey Devil (From the Story by Charles Crisafi)
The Lost Star

SCREEN TREATMENTS

Death March, Registered with Screen Writers Guild of America, West
Silk Dragon, Registered with Screen Writers Guild of America, West

PUBLICATIONS

The Sun Rose Late, Published by House of Collectible, Florence, Alabama 1975, Co-Authored with John Frasca, Publitzer Prize Winning Author
Deadly Fathoms, American Cinematographer Magazine, 1973
Manuscrapt Entitled, The James Guiffre Story, Co-Authored with John Frasca, Unpublished
Manuscrapt entitled, Silk Dragon, Unpublished

EXPEDITIONS

Wotje, Kawajalene and Bikini Atolls, Marshall Islands, 1972
Mt. Ararat, Eastern Turkey, 1975
Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, 1976
Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkeyk Syria, Jordan, Israel, 1978
Baja, California and Northern Mexico, 1976-1977
North Atlantic Search for the Titanic, 1980, 1981, 1983

RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED

Iceberg Calving, Amangsaalik and Koulesuk, Greenland, 1980
Ming Dynasty Historical Study, Beijing, China, 1982-1983
Ming Dynasty Historical Study, Beijing and Shanghai, China, 1984
Amelia Earhart Search, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands and Saipan, Marianna Islands, 1984
WWII Death March, Bataan and Corregidor, Philippines, 1983-1984
Amelia Earhart Search, Tokyo, Japan and Saipan, Marianna Islands, 1985
Transporting Oil and Gas via Submarine under Polar Ice Cap, Point Rey, Artic Circle, 1986
Availability of Spiny Lobster and other Atoll seafood, Majuro and Arno Atolls, Marshall Islands, 1989
Effects of Damage to WWII aircraft during atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1990

RECOGNITION

Today Show, NBC, 1980
Good Morning America, ABC, 1980
Canada A.M., CBS, 1980
Today Show, NBC, 1981
John Davidson Show, NBC, 1981
In Search Of, ABC Television, 1982
"The Titanic Disaster", German Television Production, Stutgart, West Germany, 1983
"Manila Talks", Philippine Network Television, 1983
USIA Marshall Islands Radio Network, 1984
NBC, ABC and CBS Network Radio, 1980-1983
Speaker at Explorer's Club Annual Banquet, Waldorf Astoria, 1981

AWARDS

Addy Award, Tampa, Florida, 1979
Silver Medal, Atlanta International Film Festival, 1973
USMC Student of the Month, Pensacola, Florida, 1958
Eagle Scout, Elected to attend World Jamboree, 1949

QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Producer/Director, Film and Television Productions
Cinematographer, 16mm Film Productions
U.S. Government Theatrical Producer, Washington, D.C.
Lecturer, Writer Expedition Leader/Orgainzer
FAA Private Pilot's License
Red Cross Life Saving, Diving and Swimming Instructor

ASSOCIATIONS

AFTRA National Geographic Society
Explorers Club of New York
Florida Motion Picture and Television Association