Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1948
Credits
49 titles
John Harrison
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dune: Part Three
Executive Producer
Dune: Part Two
Executive Producer
King on Screen
Self
Dune
Executive Producer
Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
Himself
Creepshow
Director
Superstition
Director
Residue
Executive Producer
Residue
Writer
The Librarians
Director
The World's End: The Legacy of 'Day of the Dead'
Self
Mental
Director
Book of Blood
Director
Leverage
Director
Blank Slate
Thomas Hale
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'
Self
Diary of the Dead
Executive Producer
Painkiller Jane
Writer
After Effects: Memories of Pittsburgh Filmmaking
Self
Supernova
Director
Supernova
Director
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Writer
Frank Herbert's Dune
Director
Dinosaur
Story
Profiler
Director
The Assassination File
Director
Kindred: The Embraced
Director
Donor Unknown
Director
Earth 2
Writer
The Late Show
Nightmare Cafe
Director
Tales from the Darkside
Director
Memories of Murder
Screenplay
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Director
Tales from the Crypt
Director
Monsters
Writer
Jack's Back
Chooch
Night Rose: Akhbar's Daughter
Director
Scary Tales: Night Elevator
Director
Day of the Dead
Music
Tales from the Darkside
Writer
Creepshow
Original Music Composer
Simon & Simon
Knightriders
Pellinore
Effects
Lacey Bickel
Dawn of the Dead
Screwdriver Zombie
Ubu
Director
Ubu
Director
Upstairs, Downstairs
Writer