HARRY GITTES (producer), a producer currently based at Columbia Pictures, began his career as a photographer and advertising copywriter in New York. As a photographer, he shot such then-promising stars as Jack Nicholson, Elliott Gould, and Liza Minnelli. He also shot album covers and acts at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, which included such performers as Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Cass Elliot, and Bill Cosby. As a copywriter, he won more than 30 awards, including the prestigious Gold Key. His last Madison Avenue position was Creative Group Head at Wells-Rich-Green.

Gittes came to Los Angeles in 1970 to produce the TV pilot for Bill Cosby's animated series Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, which proved to be his full-time entrance into film and television production. He went on to work at BBS where his feature credits included production designer and co-producer of Drive He Said, directed by Jack Nicholson. As an independent producer, Gittes made such films as Goin' South, starring and directed by Jack Nicholson; Harry and Walter Go To New York, directed by Mark Rydell; Timerider, directed by William Dear; Little Nikita, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix; and Breaking In,