Natalie Jasmine Harris

PURE, Natalie's NYU thesis short film, received The Directors Guild of America's Student Film Award and was acquired by HBO to stream on Max. Natalie is developing a feature-length version of PURE with co-writer Yoko Kohmoto and award-winning producer Avril Speaks, which she hopes will become her debut feature film. The project has garnered support from SFFILM's Rainin Screenwriting Grant, The Gotham Week Project Market, Outfest's Screenwriting Lab, The Toronto LGBTQ+ Financing Forum, Film Independent Fast Track, and The Women In Film x Sundance Financing Intensive. While in a documentary filmmaking fellowship with Traverse32 and Outfest Film Festival, Natalie directed the documentary short film, BEN IN BLOOM, which was recently released in partnership with the It Gets Better Foundation and has screened at festivals such as The Philadelphia Film Festival and BFI Flare. In 2024, Natalie was hired to direct for the documentary short film series FLOWERS from YouTube and Academy-Award Winning Breakwater Studios. Her episode became the series' first to surpass 1 million views, ultimately amassing over 8 million views. Natalie has participated in artist programs with Film at Lincoln Center, GLAAD, The New York Foundation for the Arts, SFFILM, Outfest, PBS Creative Voices, and Sundance Institute.