Joshua Harris, an Entertainment Banker turned film Producer and serial entrepreneur, is president and managing partner of Peachtree's film financing division, Peachtree Media Partners. Specializing in studio, television, and film production finance, Harris has partnered with many of the largest studios in the world and has become one of the principal sources of film production capital in countless independent productions.

Harris is considered a rising influencer in the Atlanta entertainment industry and a strong advocate for building a sustainable entertainment-friendly ecosystem throughout Georgia. As the incoming chair of the Atlanta Film Festival, Harris is advocating for public and private partnerships to continue to nurture the development and growth of entertainment in the southeast.

A creative at heart with incredible instincts and business savvy, Harris is currently executive producing more than a dozen various film projects around the world. Harris is regarded as a charismatic thought leader in the entertainment business and was recently named as one of the “most influential people in Film and TV finance.”

In addition to his work at Peachtree Media Partners, Harris is a founder and partner at film equity and full production company, Gramercy Park Media. Through these aligned strategic initiatives, Harris is working in all aspects of film production finance and studio development.

Harris has over two and half decades of diverse financial services experience and has served in a variety of leadership roles including retail, business, credit administration, corporate banking, and entertainment banking, including as entertainment executive and senior vice president at City National Bank. Harris has spent years offering a full complement of services to entertainment and production companies as well as working with business managers and high net worth entrepreneurs.

Harris earned a degree in the University System of Georgia and holds multiple professional accreditations and licenses. Active in the community, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Film Society, the Atlanta Film Festival, Invest Atlanta Creative Industries, the Creative Coalition, as well as advisory commitments to Media & Entertainment Professionals, CMII, Georgia Production Partnership, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the American Bankers Association.

With his entire family working in the entertainment industry, film and TV is truly personal for Harris. Based in Atlanta with his wife and his working actress daughter, Mila Harris, he devotes most of his free time on set cultivating relationships and learning the business from the inside out. Additionally, he enjoys volunteering with several local philanthropic organizations and supporting Reimagine Atlanta, the Fox Theatre, the Woodruff Arts Center, Junior Achievement, Habitat for Humanity, and Operation HOPE.