
Jimmy Jam
Department: Acting
Biography
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III has a decades-old partnership with Terry Lewis, having both first found success in the Prince-formed-and-directed band The Time (originally Flyte Time) before going out on their own as producers for some of the biggest pop and R&B acts of the 80s and 90s, perhaps most notably Janet Jackson.
Known For

Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998

A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
2023

Herb Alpert Is...
2020

Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
2022

The Minnesota Sound
2019

Thriller 40
2023

Michael Jackson's Scream: HIStory in the Making
1995

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022

It's Black Entertainment
2002

MTV Icon: Janet Jackson
2001

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025

The Minneapolis Sound
2019

Half & Half
2002

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999

Fresh Off the Boat
2015

James Brown: Say It Loud
2024

JANET JACKSON.
2022

The Grammys
1959

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Soundbreaking
2016