John Kent Harrison

John Kent Harrison

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.

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John Kent Harrison Movies

  • 2009
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    The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

    The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

    7.2 2009 HD

    Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted...

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  • 2009
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    The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

    The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

    7.2 2009 HD

    Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted...

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  • 1977
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    Shock Waves

    Shock Waves

    5 1977 HD

    Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.

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  • 2003
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    A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time

    6.2 2003 HD

    Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government...

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  • 1995
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    The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

    The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

    5.7 1995 HD

    A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary...

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  • 2010
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    When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story

    When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story

    5.9 2010 HD

    Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson,...

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  • 2011
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    Change of Plans

    Change of Plans

    6.7 2011 HD

    Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.

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  • 2011
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    Change of Plans

    Change of Plans

    6.7 2011 HD

    Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.

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  • 2010
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    A Walk in My Shoes

    A Walk in My Shoes

    6.1 2010 HD

    Ever judge someone just by looking at them? Of course, we’ve all made snap judgments about people. But what if we really got to know them? How...

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  • 2004
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    The Winning Season

    The Winning Season

    5 2004 HD

    THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the...

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  • 2004
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    The Winning Season

    The Winning Season

    5 2004 HD

    THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the...

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  • 1994
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    For the Love of Aaron

    For the Love of Aaron

    1 1994 HD

    Family Ties' Meredith Baxter Birney stars in this made-for-television movie about a woman threatened with losing her son to her ex-husband. Following...

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  • 2001
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    In Love and War

    In Love and War

    6.8 2001 HD

    After being released from an Italian prison, British officer Eric Newby (Blue) must find his way out of Italy before the Germans come. However, he is...

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  • 1997
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    Old Man

    Old Man

    6.4 1997 HD

    A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives...

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  • 2011
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    Game of Your Life

    Game of Your Life

    10 2011 HD

    When industrious high school gamer Zach Taylor lands a prized scholarship to the prestigious Digital Institute of Game Design (DIGD), his future...

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  • 2013
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    Christmas in Conway

    Christmas in Conway

    6 2013 HD

    Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his terminally ill wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back...

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  • 1995
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    Johnny's Girl

    Johnny's Girl

    1 1995 HD

    A father gives his daughter an unorthodox upbringing on the fringes of the Alaskan underworld in the 1960's and 70's.

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  • 1995
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    Johnny's Girl

    Johnny's Girl

    1 1995 HD

    A father gives his daughter an unorthodox upbringing on the fringes of the Alaskan underworld in the 1960's and 70's.

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  • 1980
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    Bravery in the Field

    Bravery in the Field

    6 1980 HD

    An aged World War II veteran and a young street punk violently meet and discover more in common than anticipated. The film was nominated for an Oscar...

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  • 1980
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    Coming Out Alive

    Coming Out Alive

    2 1980 HD

    A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.

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  • 1993
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    The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

    The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

    5 1993 HD

    True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.

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  • 1993
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    The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

    The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

    5 1993 HD

    True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.

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  • 2004
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    A Bear Named Winnie

    A Bear Named Winnie

    6.5 2004 HD

    Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is...

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  • 1997
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    What the Deaf Man Heard

    What the Deaf Man Heard

    6.706 1997 HD

    In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone...

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  • 1982
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    Murder by Phone

    Murder by Phone

    5.3 1982 HD

    A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.

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  • 1999
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    You Know My Name

    You Know My Name

    4.5 1999 HD

    In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of...

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  • 1999
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    You Know My Name

    You Know My Name

    4.5 1999 HD

    In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of...

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  • 1994
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    City Boy

    City Boy

    2 1994 HD

    Nick, a 17-year-old in search of his father, gains employment with a logging company in a beautiful and mysterious virgin forest known as the...

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  • 2016
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    Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables

    7.2 2016 HD

    A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead

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  • 2007
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    Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

    Crossroads - A Story of Forgiveness

    7 2007 HD

    A tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed...

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  • 2006
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    The Water Is Wide

    The Water Is Wide

    6 2006 HD

    Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the...

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  • 1993
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    Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

    Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

    4.2 1993 HD

    Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the...

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  • 2004
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    A Bear Named Winnie

    A Bear Named Winnie

    6.5 2004 HD

    Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is...

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  • 2017
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    Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

    Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

    6.4 2017 HD

    When Anne Shirley turns 13, she faces complex issues with her friends, inspirational adults and Marilla and Matthew. At the same time, she begins a...

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  • 2017
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    Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

    Anne of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

    6.3 2017 HD

    Anne heads to Charlottetown to attend accelerated classes as she continues to work towards her dream of being a school teacher. While there, she is...

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  • 1990
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    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    5.2 1990 HD

    When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

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  • 2005
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    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

    1 2005 HD

    Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th...

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  • 2005
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    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

    1 2005 HD

    Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th...

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  • 2000
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    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    5 2000 HD

    In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to...

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  • 1996
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    Calm at Sunset

    Calm at Sunset

    6.5 1996 HD

    Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the footsteps of...

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  • 1990
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    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    5.2 1990 HD

    When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Paris of Troy goes to Sparta on a diplomatic mission and falls in love with Helen, the wife of King Menelaus. When lovers flee to Troy, the bloody...

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  • 1970
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    5.1 1970 HD

    The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and...

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  • 1970
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    5.1 1970 HD

    The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and...

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  • 1970
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    5.1 1970 HD

    The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Dr. Jack Murray, a world-renown physicist and his partner Hank are experimenting with time-travel when they mysteriously disappear without a trace....

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