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From 2015-2017, he directed three TV movies based on the novel, '']' by ]. In 2014, he directed ''Christmas in Conway'' (with Andy Garcia and Mary Louise Parker). He had previous written '']'', which starred ]. Other projects include '']'' in 2010 with ], William Faulkner's ''Old Man''. Other Hallmarks productions include The Water Is Wide and ''What the Deaf Man Heard''. From 2015-2017, he directed three TV movies based on the novel, '']'' by ]. In 2014, he directed ''Christmas in Conway'' (with Andy Garcia and Mary Louise Parker). He had previous written '']'', which starred ]. Other projects include '']'' in 2010 with ], William Faulkner's ''Old Man''. Other Hallmarks productions include The Water Is Wide and ''What the Deaf Man Heard''.


In 2003, he co-wrote and directed ''A Bear Named Winnie''. Two years later he wrote and directed the miniseries, Pope John Paul II, starring Jon Voight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Visions of the Man Who Would Become Pope|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/arts/television/28pope.html?pagewanted=2&fta=y&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |date=September 28, 2005 |accessdate=May 30, 2013}}</ref> Also in the four-hour miniseries format he directed ''Helen of Troy'', ''A Wrinkle in Time'', and '']''. In 2003, he co-wrote and directed ''A Bear Named Winnie''. Two years later he wrote and directed the miniseries, Pope John Paul II, starring Jon Voight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Visions of the Man Who Would Become Pope|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/arts/television/28pope.html?pagewanted=2&fta=y&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |date=September 28, 2005 |accessdate=May 30, 2013}}</ref> Also in the four-hour miniseries format he directed ''Helen of Troy'', ''A Wrinkle in Time'', and '']''.

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John Kent Harrison is a film and television director and writer who has worked in the mini-series format.

Career

Educated at Columbia University, before his directing debut, he was assistant professor of film studies at Concordia University in Montreal, taught screenwriting at UCLA (Extension) and more recently, advanced film production at the Graduate School of Cinema at the University of Southern California.

From 2015-2017, he directed three TV movies based on the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. In 2014, he directed Christmas in Conway (with Andy Garcia and Mary Louise Parker). He had previous written The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, which starred Anna Paquin. Other projects include The Lois Wilson Story in 2010 with Winona Ryder, William Faulkner's Old Man. Other Hallmarks productions include The Water Is Wide and What the Deaf Man Heard.

In 2003, he co-wrote and directed A Bear Named Winnie. Two years later he wrote and directed the miniseries, Pope John Paul II, starring Jon Voight. Also in the four-hour miniseries format he directed Helen of Troy, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Sound and the Silence.

Personal life

Harrison is a Canadian and American citizen. He lives in Portland, Oregon. In his spare time he enjoys giving workshops in filmmaking.

Selected filmography

References

  1. "Two Visions of the Man Who Would Become Pope". The New York Times. September 28, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

External links

Films directed by John Kent Harrison
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