---
name: "Robert Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-harris"
fi1m_id: "robert-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0365249"
tmdb_id: 65434
wikidata_id: "Q313981"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 March 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:44:51.462437+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."
---

# Robert Harris

## Identity

Robert Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365249
- **TMDB ID:** 65434
- **Wikidata ID:** Q313981
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harris_(novelist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65434

Producer. Born 7 March 1957 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 March 1957, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harris_(novelist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65434

## Biography

Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist. Born in Nottingham in 1957, he read English at Cambridge University and worked as a BBC television reporter and political columnist before publishing his first novel.

His debut *Fatherland* (1992) was followed by historical fiction including *Enigma* (1995), *Archangel* (1998), the Cicero trilogy, *The Ghost* (2007) and *Conclave* (2016). Several have been adapted into films; he co-wrote the screenplays for *The Ghost Writer* (2010) and *An Officer and a Spy* (2019). He received a producer credit on the 2024 film *Conclave*.

Harris was appointed CBE in 2025 for services to literature. He is married to the writer Gill Hornby.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Conclave* (2024), Fi1m 76, Producer, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Conclave* (2024), Producer, Book — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *Born to be The King* (2022), as Narrator
- *Stranger at the Gate* (2022), Thanks
- *The Fear Index* (2022), series, Novel, Screenplay
- *Munich - The Edge of War* (2021), Executive Producer, Novel
- *An Officer and a Spy* (2019), Screenplay, Book
- *The Ghost Writer* (2010), Screenplay, Novel
- *Archangel* (2005), series, Novel
- *Enigma* (2001), Novel
- *Fatherland* (1994), Novel
- *Selling Hitler* (1991), series, Book

## Gallery

- ![Robert Harris in Cologne on November 19th 2009](https://film.one/media/person/10411/gallery-e03b2c635399.jpg) Robert Harris in Cologne on November 19th 2009 — Krimidoedel Dr. Jost Hindersmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Robert_Harris01.jpg/1280px-Robert_Harris01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BOEKENTIPS IN 1 MINUUT – "I felt spiritually deepened by writing this book and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it." – Robert Harris, 59](https://film.one/media/person/10411/gallery-8bb5bfffc130.jpg) BOEKENTIPS IN 1 MINUUT – "I felt spiritually deepened by writing this book and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it." – Robert Harris, 59 — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Robert_Harris_-_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Robert Harris](https://film.one/media/person/10411/gallery-4bfc1bd328ee.jpg) Robert Harris — C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Robert_Harris_-_Buch_Wien_2024.JPG/1280px-Robert_Harris_-_Buch_Wien_2024.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won, 5 nominated

- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2024: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- César Award for Best Adaptation 2020: César Award for Best Adaptation (won), for *An Officer and a Spy*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2019: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *An Officer and a Spy*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2019: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *An Officer and a Spy*
- CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2014: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (won), for *An Officer and a Spy*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2010: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The Ghost Writer*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2010: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *The Ghost Writer*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *The Ghost Writer*
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1996: Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (won)
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel 1993: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (nominated), for *Fatherland*
- Locus Award for Best First Novel 1993: Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominated), for *Fatherland*

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

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