Regional Emmy Awards
“Outstanding Documentary/Current Issues” for Orcas in the Balance
“Outstanding Public Affairs Special” for iSi Se Puede! Connecting Farmworker Communities
“Outstanding Writer/PSA or Promo” for Make a Call, For the Wild
“Outstanding Public Affairs Segment” for Cry of the Orca (Fisher Communications)
“Outstanding Children & Youth Series or Special” for Baby Wild Films Presents: The Killer Whale People
“Outstanding Writer/Program” for THE INLAND SEA With Jean-Michel Cousteau: Where Have All the Orcas Gone?
“Outstanding Editor/Program” for THE INLAND SEA With Jean-Michel Cousteau: Where Have All the Orcas Gone?
“Outstanding Writer/PSA or Promo” for What Kids Really Eat (for KOMO 4 News/ABC Seattle)
“Outstanding Advanced Media” for Dairyman Blues
Forty-five Emmy nominations in 15 different categories since 1989, including as Producer, Writer, Editor, Live Events Director, Photographer, On-Air Host and Composer.
Regional Emmys/Nominations for Baby Wild Films
“Outstanding On-Air Host or Moderator” to Billy Frank Jr. for THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY With Billy Frank Jr. / “Outstanding Public Affairs Special” to Victoria Garcia for iSi Se Puede! Connecting Farmworker Communities
Numerous Regional Emmy Award nominations for Baby Wild Films production crew, including three for Kevin Ely for "Outstanding Photography/Program" (The Kenney Creek Eagles, iSi Se Puede! Connecting Farmworker Communities and THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY With Billy Frank Jr.), one for Kirk Miller for "Outstanding Photography/ Program" (THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY With Billy Frank Jr.), and two for Tim Truman for "Outstanding Original Composition" (Baby Wild Films Presents: Sea Otters, The Old Men of the Sea and THE INLAND SEA With Jean-Michel Cousteau: A Puget Sound Fish Story).
National and International Awards and Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Award for "Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newsmagazine" for Heartbreak & Heroes, an ABC News 20/20 Special Documentary Presentation
Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Open Design” for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Open Design” for The Year in Sports (Syndicated Special)
CableAce Nomination for “Best Children and Youth Series, Educational” for PopSci for Kids (Discovery Kids and Discovery Kids Latin America)
Telly Award for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
Telly Award for America's Passions (Syndicated Special)
Telly Award for The Holidays, Eddie Bauer Style (Seven-Million-Piece Direct Mail Video)
Telly Award for Heroes for the Earth (Syndicated Special)
Telly Award for Sound Encounters: Living With the Killer Whales (Syndicated Special)
Communication Arts Award for “Outstanding Open Design” for PopSci for Kids (Discovery Kids and Discovery Kids Latin America)
International Monitor Award for “Outstanding Producing Team” for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
International Monitor Award for “Outstanding Editing Team” for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
International Monitor Award for “Outstanding Writing Team” for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
Broadcast Design Association (BDA) Award - Silver Award for “Outstanding Open & Graphics Package” for Popular Science With Dean Stockwell (Discovery Communications/The Learning Channel)
Broadcast Design Association (BDA) Award - Silver Award for “Outstanding Open & Graphics Package” for The Year in Sports (Syndicated Special)
Clinical Legal Education Association Award of Excellence
Michael Harris was a co-recipient with Michael Robinson-Dorn and the Kathy & Steve Berman Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Washington for the prestigious National Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award of Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project, for their combined efforts to provide legal assistance and help photo-document the successful campaign of 187 tribes in Native Alaska to push the State and the U.S. Government to call on Exxon to pay up in Prince William Sound. The resulting film was Michael's critically acclaimed feature-length documentary, THE 3RD TRUSTEE: Native Alaska & The Big Spill, repackaged as the premiere special of THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY With Billy Frank Jr.
Non-Broadcast
