John Kent Harrison

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-01-01 (77 years old)

Place of Birth London, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As John Harrison

John Kent Harrison

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Kent Harrison is a television producer, director and writer. Harrison was educated at Columbia University and at Appleby College in Canada. Harrison is best known for his work in the international miniseries format. Various credits include The Water is Wide (2006), Pope John Paul II (2005) with Jon Voight who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Pope John Paul II. Two other popular films are A Bear Named Winnie (2004), Emmy Award winning Helen of Troy (2003), and A Wrinkle in Time (mini-series) which won the International Children's Film Festival in 2003. With a 34 share, his 1996 TV movie, What The Deaf Man Heard, has been the highest-rated stand-alone 2-hour TV movie since 1991. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award as Best TV movie of the year. The following year his Hallmark Hall of Fame production, William Faulkner's Old Man with Arliss Howard and Jeanne Tripplehorn won two Emmy Awards, the Humanitas Prize and the Columbus Gold Medal. In 2009 Harrison was nominated by the DGA as best TV movie director of the year for his Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler" with Anna Paquin who was also nominated for a Golden Globe in her role as Irena Sendler, a Polish hero of the Holocaust. Also that year, Harrison directed Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper in another Hallmark Hall of Fame Production, "The Lois Wilson Story" about Lois and Bill Wilson who respectively founded Al-Anon and AA. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Kent Harrison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2016
2013
2011
Change of Plans

as Director

2011
Game of Your Life

as Director

2010
A Walk in My Shoes

as Director

2006
The Water Is Wide

as Director

2005
Pope John Paul II

as Director

2005
Pope John Paul II

as Director

2004
The Winning Season

as Director

2004
2003
A Wrinkle in Time

as Director

2003
Helen of Troy

as Director

2001
In Love and War

as Director

2000
A House Divided

as Director

1999
You Know My Name

as Director

1997
Old Man

as Director

1997
1995
Johnny's Girl

as Director

1994
1994
City Boy

as Director

1990
Beautiful Dreamers

as Director

Writer

2011
Change of Plans

as Writer

2005
2005
Pope John Paul II

as Screenplay

2004
2004
1999
1996
Calm at Sunset

as Teleplay

1995
Johnny's Girl

as Writer

1990
Beautiful Dreamers

as Screenplay

1982
Murder by Phone

as Screenplay

1980
1980
1977
Shock Waves

as Screenplay

Creator

2005
2004