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…

Directed

1. Anne of Green Gables (2016) — Director
2. The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) — Director
3. Helen of Troy (2003) — Director
4. A Wrinkle in Time (2003) — Director
5. Christmas in Conway (2013) — Director
6. A Bear Named Winnie (2004) — Director
7. Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars (2017) — Director
8. When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010) — Director
9. Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew (2017) — Director
10. What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) — Director
11. Change of Plans (2011) — Director
12. The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995) — Director
13. Old Man (1997) — Director
14. Pope John Paul II (2005) — Director
15. You Know My Name (1999) — Director
16. Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness (2007) — Director
17. A Walk in My Shoes (2010) — Director
18. The Water Is Wide (2006) — Director
19. Beautiful Dreamers (1990) — Director
20. In Love and War (2001) — Director
21. Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993) — Director
22. City Boy (1994) — Director
23. A House Divided (2000) — Director
24. The Winning Season (2004) — Director
25. Johnny's Girl (1995) — Director
26. The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story (1993) — Director
27. For the Love of Aaron (1994) — Director
28. Game of Your Life (2011) — Director
29. Thanks for the Ride (1983) — Director
30. Pope John Paul II (2005) — Director