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John Harrison
John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)…
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John Harrison began his career directing rock videos and working as 1st Asst. Director for famed horror director,George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead (1968)/Creepshow (1982)). Harrison wrote and directed multiple episodes of Romero's classic TV series,Tales from the Darkside (1983)m], before helming Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), for Paramount Pictures, which won Harrison the Grand Prix du Festival at Avoriaz, France. Harrison co-wrote the animated feature,Dinosaur (2000), for Disney. He also wrote the adaptation of Clive Barker's fantasy novels, "Abarat", also for Disney. In the Fall of '06, Harrison reunited with mentor George Romero to produce Romero's film, Diary of the Dead (2007). His action suspense thriller, Blank Slate (2008), for producer Dean Devlin, which Harrison wrote and directed, aired as a twenty-episode micro-series on TNT in the Fall of 2008. Clive Barker's Book of Blood (2009), which he wrote and directed, was released in the Fall 2009. His 6-hour miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's monumental bestseller, Dune (2000), which he directed, was an Emmy Award-winning success in the U.S., then internationally, both in its broadcast premieres and subsequently in home video. Harrison's Children of Dune (2003), another 6-hour miniseries encompassing the next two novels of Frank Herbert's mythic adventure series which he wrote and co-produced, was also an Emmy winner for the Sci-Fi Channel.
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2026
Dune: Part Three
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Dune: Part Two
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
King on Screen
Movie Self
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2021
Dune
Movie Executive Producer
- 2020
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2019
Creepshow
TV show Director
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2017
Superstition
TV show Director
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2015
Residue
TV show Executive Producer
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2015
Residue
Movie Writer
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2014
The Librarians
TV show Director
- 2013
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2009
Mental
TV show Director
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2009
Book of Blood
Movie Director
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2008
Leverage
TV show Director
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2008
Blank Slate
Movie Thomas Hale
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2007
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
Movie Self
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2007
Diary of the Dead
Movie Executive Producer
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2005
Painkiller Jane
Movie Writer
- 2005
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2005
Supernova
Movie Director
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2005
Supernova
TV show Director
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2003
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
TV show Writer
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2000
Frank Herbert's Dune
TV show Director
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2000
Dinosaur
Movie Story
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1996
Book of Evil: Solid Tales From the Darkside
Movie Director
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1996
Profiler
TV show Director
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1996
The Assassination File
Movie Director
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1996
Kindred: The Embraced
TV show Director
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1995
Donor Unknown
Movie Director
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1994
Earth 2
TV show Director
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1992
The Late Show
TV show
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1992
Nightmare Cafe
TV show Director
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1990
Tales from the Darkside
Movie Director
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1990
Memories of Murder
Movie Screenplay
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1990
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Movie Director
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Director
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1988
Monsters
TV show Writer
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1988
Jack's Back
Movie Chooch
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1987
Night Rose: Akhbar's Daughter
Movie Director
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1986
Scary Tales: Night Elevator
Movie Teleplay
