John Kent Harrison
John Kent Harrison is known for Shock Waves (1977), Anne of Green Gables (2016), The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).
Biography
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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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Questions about John Kent Harrison
How many John Kent Harrison films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 30 films with John Kent Harrison, from 1977 to 2017.
What is the best rated John Kent Harrison film?
The best rated John Kent Harrison film in the catalogue is The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009), rated 7.3.
What was the first John Kent Harrison film?
The first John Kent Harrison film in the catalogue is Shock Waves, from 1977.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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4.9 Shock Waves
1977
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7.3 The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009
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7.2 Anne of Green Gables
2016
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5.8 Christmas in Conway
2013
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5.5 Murder by Phone
1982
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6.3 A Wrinkle in Time
2003
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6.4 What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
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6.4 Old Man
1997
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6.3 Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017
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6.0 When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010
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6.3 The Winning Season
2004
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6.6 A Bear Named Winnie
2004
Full filmography
31 films — 30 in the catalogue
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6.6 Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew
2017
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6.3
Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars
2017
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7.2
Anne of Green Gables
2016
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5.8
Christmas in Conway
2013
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10.0 Game of Your Life
2011
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6.7 Change of Plans
2011
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6.1 A Walk in My Shoes
2010
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6.0
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
2010
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7.3
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009
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7.1 Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness
2007
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7.0 The Water Is Wide
2006
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6.6
A Bear Named Winnie
2004
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6.3
The Winning Season
2004
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6.3
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
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7.2 In Love and War
2001
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6.5 A House Divided
2000
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4.8 You Know My Name
1999
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6.4
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
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6.4
Old Man
1997
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6.0 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
1995
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4.0 Johnny's Girl
1995
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3.0 City Boy
1994
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9.0 For the Love of Aaron
1994
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4.8 Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993
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6.0 The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
1993
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5.0 Beautiful Dreamers
1990
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Thanks for the Ride
1983
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5.5
Murder by Phone
1982
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5.5 Coming Out Alive
1980
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6.8 Bravery in the Field
1980
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4.9
Shock Waves
1977
People data: TMDb.
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