John Kent Harrison

John Kent Harrison

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1953-01-01 (71 years old)

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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.


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Filmography

all 36

Movies 33

Director 29

Writer 6

TV Shows 3

Creator 1

Director
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew (2017)

Movie
Director
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars (2017)

Movie
Director
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables (2016)

Movie
Director
Christmas in Conway

Christmas in Conway (2013)

Movie
Director
Game of Your Life

Game of Your Life (2011)

Movie
Director
Change of Plans

Change of Plans (2011)

Movie
Director
A Walk in My Shoes

A Walk in My Shoes (2010)

Movie
Director
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)

Movie
Director
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

Movie
Director
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness (2007)

Movie
Director
The Water Is Wide

The Water Is Wide (2006)

Movie
Creator / Director / Screenplay
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (2005)

TV
Director
A Bear Named Winnie

A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

Movie
Director
The Winning Season

The Winning Season (2004)

Movie
Creator
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time (2004)

TV
Director
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time (2003)

Movie
Director
Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy (2003)

TV
6
Director
Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy (2003)

Movie
Director
In Love and War

In Love and War (2001)

Movie
Director
A House Divided

A House Divided (2000)

Movie
Director
You Know My Name

You Know My Name (1999)

Movie
Director
What the Deaf Man Heard

What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)

Movie
Director
Old Man

Old Man (1997)

Movie
Writer
Calm at Sunset

Calm at Sunset (1996)

Movie
Director
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995)

Movie
Director
Johnny's Girl

Johnny's Girl (1995)

Movie
Director
City Boy

City Boy (1994)

Movie
Director
For the Love of Aaron

For the Love of Aaron (1994)

Movie
Director
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993)

Movie
Director
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story (1993)

Movie
Director
Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

Movie
Writer
Murder by Phone

Murder by Phone (1982)

Movie
6
Writer
Coming Out Alive

Coming Out Alive (1980)

Movie
Writer
Bravery in the Field

Bravery in the Field (1980)

Movie
Writer
Shock Waves

Shock Waves (1977)

Movie
6.5
Writer
Voice of the Fugitive

Voice of the Fugitive

Movie

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1953-01-01 (71 years old)

Citizenships
Canada

Also Known As
John Harrison


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