Writing and Producing
Korris came to USC following work in Hollywood studio production, producing and writing. He began with several creative executive positions at Universal Television, moving on to serve as a staff producer for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Films. Friends Rick Berman, (Star Trek: Next Generation Executive Producer) and Maurice Hurley (Co-Executive Producer) named character Captain Korris after him in the episode Heart of Glory. He Executive Produced Showtime/Paramount's "The Killing Yard" which won the 2003 American Bar Association Silver Gavel. He is a member of the writers’ branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Writers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of Canada and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Korris earned his undergraduate degree in Economics at Yale University and was awarded an MBA with distinction at the Harvard Business School.
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