Harpo Productions
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Harpo Productions is an incorporated US-based multimedia production company founded by media mogul Oprah Winfrey (the name 'Harpo' is 'Oprah' spelled backwards (and thus is not to be confused with Harpo Marx)). It also includes Harpo Films. It is based in Chicago.
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[edit] Harpo productions
[edit] Television
- 2005: Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a teleplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and Misan Sagay
- 1989: Gloria Naylor - The Women of Brewster Place, with a teleplay by Karen Hall
- 1990: Brewster Place, a spinoff from the 1989 miniseries
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Oprah After the Show
- Dr. Phil.
- The Rachael Ray Show
[edit] Radio
[edit] Recording Label
- Harpo Records
[edit] Harpo films
- 2007: Denzel Washington (dir.) - The Great Debaters, with a screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and Robert Eisele
- 1998: Toni Morrison - Beloved, with a screenplay by Akosua Busia
- 1998: The Wedding
[edit] Trivia
Harpo is also the name of a character in the book The Color Purple. When it was made into a movie Oprah Winfrey played Sofia, Harpo's wife.
[edit] External links
- Harpo Films
- Harpo Productions at the Internet Movie Database
- Color Purple SlideShow [1]
- Oprah Winfrey's biography
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