John Harrison

Biography

John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)). Harrison wrote and directed multiple episodes of Romero's classic TV series,Tales from the Darkside (1983)m], before helming Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), for Paramount Pictures, which won Harrison the Grand Prix du Festival at Avoriaz, France. Harrison co-wrote the animated feature,Dinosaur (2000), for Disney. He also wrote the adaptation of Clive Barker's fantasy novels, "Abarat", also for Disney. In the Fall of '06, Harrison reunited with mentor George Romero to produce Romero's film, Diary of the Dead (2007). His action suspense thriller, Blank Slate (2008), for producer Dean Devlin, which Harrison wrote and directed, aired as a twenty-episode micro-series on TNT in the Fall of 2008. Clive Barker's Book of Blood (2009), which he wrote and directed, was released in the Fall 2009. His 6-hour miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's monumental bestseller, Dune (2000), which he directed, was an Emmy Award-winning success in the U.S., then internationally, both in its broadcast premieres and…

Directed

1. Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Director
2. The Librarians (2014) — Director
3. Leverage (2008) — Director
4. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) — Director
5. Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) — Director
6. Creepshow (2019) — Director
7. Book of Blood (2009) — Director
8. Tales from the Darkside (1984) — Director
9. Earth 2 (1994) — Director
10. Profiler (1996) — Director
11. Supernova (2005) — Director
12. Superstition (2017) — Director
13. Kindred: The Embraced (1996) — Director
14. Mental (2009) — Director
15. Blank Slate (2008) — Director
16. Nightmare Cafe (1992) — Director
17. Tales from the Darkside (1990) — Director
18. The Assassination File (1996) — Director
19. Scary Tales: Night Elevator (1986) — Director
20. Donor Unknown (1995) — Director
21. Supernova (2005) — Director
22. Night Rose: Akhbar's Daughter (1987) — Director
23. Ubu (1973) — Director
24. Ubu (1973) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dawn of the Dead (1978) — Screwdriver Zombie
2. Knightriders (1981) — Pellinore
3. Simon & Simon (1981)
4. Jack's Back (1988) — Chooch
5. Effects (1979) — Lacey Bickel
6. King on Screen (2023) — Self
7. Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007) — Self
8. Blank Slate (2008) — Thomas Hale
9. The Late Show (1992)
10. After Effects: Memories of Pittsburgh Filmmaking (2005) — Self
11. The World's End: The Legacy of 'Day of the Dead' (2013) — Self
12. Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables (2020) — Himself