John Kent Harrison

Directing·Jan 1, 1947·London, Ontario, Canada

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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.

Film	Credit
Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew2017 · Director	Director
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars2017 · Director	Director
Anne of Green Gables2016 · Director	Director
Christmas in Conway2013 · Director	Director
Game of Your Life2011 · Director	Director
Change of Plans2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Walk in My Shoes2010 · Director	Director
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story2010 · Director	Director
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness2007 · Director	Director
The Water Is Wide2006 · Director	Director
A Bear Named Winnie2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Winning Season2004 · Director	Director
A Wrinkle in Time2003 · Director	Director
In Love and War2001 · Director	Director
A House Divided2000 · Director	Director
You Know My Name1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
What the Deaf Man Heard1997 · Director	Director
Old Man1997 · Director	Director
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky1995 · Director	Director
Johnny's Girl1995 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
City Boy1994 · Director	Director
For the Love of Aaron1994 · Director	Director
WWhose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica1993 · Director	Director
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Beautiful Dreamers1990 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Thanks for the Ride1983 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer