John Kent Harrison (Director)

Reviews of movies from director John Kent Harrison

Looking for reviews of films directed by John Kent Harrison? Cinafilm has a total of 187 reviews across 12 movies directed by John Kent Harrison.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 61%.

What the Deaf Man Heard is John Kent Harrison's highest rated movie, with a score of 74% based on 17 reviews.

The lowest rated film from John Kent Harrison is Christmas in Conway, with a score of 41% based on 10 reviews.

Director Biography

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.

John Kent Harrison has directed films starring Alfre Woodard, Sam Elliott, Andy Garcia and Michael Fassbender.