JIMMY HARRY
Jimmy Harry is a Golden Globe winning songwriter and composer who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. As committed to music as he is uncommitted to a genre, Harry has worked with artists such as Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Kelly Clarkson, Weezer, Pink, Fischerspooner, Oh Land, and Santana. Recognized at the 2012 Golden Globes by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, he won "Best Original Song" with Madonna and Julie Frost for the song "Masterpiece".
Sprawling the areas of theater, sound installation, composition, and performance, Harry's background plunders the spectrum of art and noise. He began his career as a composer and sound designer in the avant-garde theater scene, working with the Randolph Street Gallery in Chicago, the Public Theater in NYC, and the Red Eye Collaboration in Minneapolis, the city anchoring much of his early orbit. As a young musician Harry plunged into the creative scene, writing and composing, joining rock bands, running an art gallery, and connecting with fellow talented subversives. While on assignment with the Red Eye Collaboration Harry met writer/director Leslie Mohn, with whom he partnered on the performance art piece "Everything In Sight" at MOCA Los Angeles, and installation artist Dorit Cypis, with whom he exhibited at the Whitney Museum.
While commuting between theater companies and rock gigs, Harry made the acquaintance of his long-time mentor and artistic catalyst, the writer/director Lee Bruer. Though Bruer and Harry would collaborate on a number of projects, it was the Atlanta run of Bruer's "The Shaggy Dog Animation" that would prove the most fateful for Harry's career. The production was in the casting stage when Harry, the composer, spotted a colorful performer holding a sign that said, "RU PAUL IS STARRBOOTY". Ru Paul was cast in the show, sparking a creative relationship with Harry that would produce the iconic song "Supermodel".
Harry wrote regularly following the success of "Supermodel", bouncing between the cultural hemispheres of New York and Los Angeles and working with pop stars like Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson. Earning a reputation for talent as well as versatility, Harry continued writing with bands such as Weezer and Ninjasonik, and artists such as Belinda, Santana, and Pink. In 2010 his production of Pink's "Sober" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance, and he also wrote and produced "Funhouse", the title track of her release nominated in the category "Best Pop Album".
SONG PLACEMENTS
W.E. (original song)
co-writer with Madonna, Julie Frost
MASTERPIECE (Golden Globe Winner)
Lars and the Real Girl
writer CRASHING MY SYSTEM
John Tucker Must Die
writer FOOL FOR LOVE & CHELSEA
producer FOOL FOR LOVE
Beauty Shop
writer SUPERMODEL
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
writer SUPERMODEL
Party Monster
writer THE LA LA SONG
arranger ARIA
Shrek
writer LIKE WOW
Down To You
writer DIDN'T MEAN TO DO YOU HARM
FILM CREDITS
Party Monster
Directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato 20th Century Fox
**NOMINEE - Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (2003)
**NOMINEE - Gijon International Film Festival Grand Prix Asturias Best Feature (2003)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (documentary)
Directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato Lionsgate
**NOMINEE - Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Documentary (2000)
**WINNER - Newport International Film Festival Honorable Mention & Best Documentary (2000)
Intern
Directed by Michael Lange
Ardustry Home Entertainment
PRODUCER/SONGWRITER CREDITS
Zowie - Smash It Sony (2011)
"Smash It"
Belinda - New Album Capitol (2011)
"Untitled"
Ohland - Ohland Epic (2011)
"Sun Of A Gun"
Jessie And The Toyboys - Jessie And The Toyboys Prospect Park (2011)
"Push It"
"Valentine"
Miho Fukahara - Miho Fukahara Sony (2011)
"Starlight"
P!nk - The Greatest Hits So Far La Face (2010)
"Funhouse"
"Sober"
Miho Fukahara - Miho Fukahara Sony (2010)
"Forget"
Weezer - Hurley Epitaph (2010)
"Smart Girls"
Belinda - Carpe Diem Capitol (2010)
"Egoista"
"Gaia"
"Lolita"
"Maldita Suerte"
Vita Chambers- The Get Go Universal/Motown (2010)
"Like Boom"
"The Get Go"
Operator Please- Gloves Brill Records/E.M.I. (2010)
"Gloves"
Belinda - Egoista Single Capitol (2010)
"Egoista"
Mozella - Belle Isle Universal/Motown (2009)
"Luvsik"
"Manhattan"
The Dares - Two Left Feet EP Sony (2009)
"Two Left Feet"
Amy Pearson - Butterfingers Sony (2009)
"Butterfingers"
Vita - Like Boom Universal/Motown (2009)
"Like Boom"
All Time Low - Jennifer's Body Soundtrack Fueled By Ramen (2009)
"Toxic Valentine"
Days Difference - Are You Happy Universal/Motown (2009)
"Are You Happy"
Natalie Bassingthwaithe - 1000 Stars Sony (2009)
"This Can't Be Love"
The Stunners - Bubblegum Sony (2009)
"Bubblegum"
Kylie - Boombox Parlophone (2009)
"Boombox"
Pink - Funhouse Jive (2008)
"Funhouse"
"Sober"
David Archuleta - David Archuleta Jive (2008)
"Don't Let Go"
Amie Miriello - I Came Around Jive (2008)
"I'd Hate You"
Stefy - The Orange Album Wind-Up Records (2006)
Rin - Inland Sea Avex (2006)
Kristy Frank - Freedom Ruff Nation (2006)
Lisa Loeb - The Very Best Of Lisa Loeb Geffen (2006)
"Single Me Out"
Belinda - Utopia EMI (2006)
"See A Little Light"
"Luz Sin Gravedad"
"Good Good"
Fischerspooner - Odyssey Capitol (2005)
"We Need A War"
Sara Bettens - Scream Hybrid (2005)
"Come Over Here"
Marion Raven - Here I Am Atlantic (2005)
"Crawl"
Santana - All That I Am Arista (2005)
"Cry Baby Cry"
Skye Sweetnam - Noise From The Basement Capitol (2005)
"Tangled Up In Me"
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway RCA (2005)
"I Hate Myself For Losing You"
Clay Aiken - Measure Of A Man RCA (2004)
"No More Sad Song"
"Perfect Day"
Ryan Cabrera - Take It All Away Atlantic (2004)
"True"
"Echo Park"
"Exit To Exit"
Britney Spears - In The Zone Jive (2003)
"Touch Of My Hand"
Kelly Clarkson - Thankful RCA (2003)
"Low"
Doro - Love Me in Black Warner Brothers (1999)
Kylie Minogue - Kylie minogue BMG (1994)
"Put Yourself In My Place"
"If I Was Your Lover"
RuPaul - Supermodel Tommy Boy (1993)
"Supermodel"
"Black To My Roots"
"House Of Love"