John Kent Harrison

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

Early life and education[]

He was educated at Columbia University in New York.

Career[]

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 JKH directed three TV movies based on the novel, 'Anne of Green Gables' by L. M. Montgomery. In 2014 he directed 'Christmas in Conway', with Andy Garcia and Mary Louise Parker. His 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.^[1]

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[]

• Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
• For the Love of Aaron (1994)
• What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
• You Know My Name (1999)
• In Love and War (2001)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
• A Bear Named Winnie (2004)
• The Winning Season (2004)
• Pope John Paul II (TV miniseries, 2005)
• The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
• When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
• L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (2016)

References[]

External links[]

• John Kent Harrison at IMDb