---
name: "Jim Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-harrison-37426"
fi1m_id: "jim-harrison-37426"
imdb_id: "nm0365659"
tmdb_id: 37426
wikidata_id: "Q3178822"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 December 1937"
died: "26 March 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:52:54.042192+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Harrison

## Identity

Jim Harrison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-harrison-37426
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-harrison-37426
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365659
- **TMDB ID:** 37426
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3178822
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37426

Writer. Born 11 December 1937 in Grayling, Michigan, USA. Died 26 March 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 December 1937, Grayling, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 26 March 2016
- **Also known as:**  James Thomas Harrison 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37426

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wolf*](https://film.one/film/wolf.md) (60)

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## Biography

Jim Harrison (also credited as James Thomas Harrison) was an American novelist, poet and essayist. Born in Grayling, Michigan, on 11 December 1937, he died in Patagonia, Arizona, on 26 March 2016. He studied at Michigan State University, where he earned a BA in 1960 and an MA in 1964, and briefly taught English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Harrison published poetry, fiction and essays, often exploring themes of nature, rural life and the American outdoors. He is best known for the 1979 collection of novellas *Legends of the Fall*. He wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film *Wolf*, co-written with Wesley Strick, and contributed to the screenplay for the 1994 film adaptation of *Legends of the Fall*. Other screen credits include *Revenge* (1990).

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wolf* (1994), Fi1m 60, Writer, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wolf Awakened* (2024), Original Film Writer
- *All That Is Sacred* (2023), Actor
- *Dalva* (1996), Book
- *Carried Away* (1996), Novel
- *Legends of the Fall* (1994), Novel
- *Wolf* (1994), Associate Producer, Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)
- *Revenge* (1990), Novel, Screenplay
- *Cold Feet* (1989), Writer
- *Tarpon* (1973), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Michigan Author Award 2014: Michigan Author Award (won)
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award 2011: PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (won)
- Lucien Barrière Literary Award 2004: Lucien Barrière Literary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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