His began his career at age 15, as a typographer and publications designer at Oxford University Press. He left his native soil of England at the age of 18 and moved to San Francisco, where he worked with
the University of California Press. In the mid-1960’s, Harry moved to Los Angeles and landed a job at ABC-TV, where his assignment was to improve the on-air graphic appearance of the network. He is also known for his work as an independent graphics consultant, including six years of on-graphics for NBC-TV, brand packaging for internationalTV networks, and an Emmy winning main title for “Entertainment Tonight”.
Harry has earned nearly every award in broadcast design and promotion, including an Emmy and the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Broadcast Design Association. In 1984, Harry had the notion of facilitating a gathering of people from the converging worlds of technology, entertainment and design, so he partnered with Richard Saul Wurman and created the TED Conference.
In 2005, Harry retired to Pebble Beach on California’s Central Coast, where he spent his time on community projects and his own interests, including cooking, cameras and computers.
He is survived by his daughter, Nina Marks of Pebble Beach and his son, Ian Marks of Los Angeles.
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