Harris ' film career started in the 1980s when he struck a friendship with Herschel Weingrod . With Weingrod , Harris collaborated on several projects writing stories and screenplays for films such as '' Trading Places '' , '' Brewster 's Millions '' , '' Twins '' , '' Kindergarten Cop '' and '' Space Jam '' . The pair also produced Joel Schumacher 's 1993 film '' Falling Down '' . In reviewing Woody Allen 's film '' Zelig '' for '' The New York Times '' in July 1983 , film critic Vincent Canby said " '' Trading Places '' is one of the best American comedies in a long time , but I 'd be hard-put to assign more responsibility for the film 's success to its director , John Landis , than to Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod , who wrote it ... " . Harris and Weingrod were nominated for the Best Original Screenplay award at the 37th British Academy Film Awards for their work on '' Trading Places '' but ultimately lost the award to Paul D. Zimmerman for '' The King of Comedy '' . Harris was again nominated for writing honors in 2010 when he was nominated for the award for Writing in a Feature Production at the 37th Annie Awards . His nomination was for the screenplay he wrote for the 2009 animated film '' Astro Boy '' but he lost this award to Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach for '' Fantastic Mr. Fox ''
37th Annie Awards
37th Annie Awards
Timothy Harris (writer)