Biography

Director/producer Gary Harvey has been working in the Canadian film and television industry for over 15 years in many production capacities. Over the past ten years, his focus has been producing and directing. Gary has produced over 120 episodes of television and has directed over 100 additional episodes of such series as of Godiva's (the entire first season), Traders, The Associates, Tom Stone, Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy, The New Addams Family and Call of the Wild.

He produced the award-winning CBC television movie The War Between Us, and co-wrote the award-winning pilot episode of Madison, becoming a director on that series. He produced the first season of The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, and was the supervising producer on the CBC series The Rez. Harvey produced Seasons IV, V, VI and VII of Cold Squad for Alliance Atlantis and CTV and directed the CBC's television movie, Another Country, based on the series North of 60 as well as the CTV made for television movie Custody for CTV.

Gary was executive producer, co-creator on Robson Arms and he co-executive produced Alice, I Think, a 13-part prime-time comedy series also for CTV and the Comedy Network, along with his Robson Arms partner, Susin Nielsen.

Gary has sat on the board of directors for the DGC BC District Council and the National Directors Division for the DGC. Currently, he is on the board of Crazy 8's, a non-profit film competition as well as sitting on it's advisory council. He sponsors the emerging director competition for the Vancouver International Film Festival and sits on the advisory board for Langara Film Arts.

Gary grew up in Langley, BC where he still lives with his wife and two children.

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News

Update August 22, 2010

Wow, has it really been that long since my last update.  So much has happened since last fall.  I’m currently finishing production on a television movie for Lifetime again, Taken From Me - The Tiffany Rubin Story with Oscar nominated Taraji P. Henson in the lead role.  The movie co-stars Terry O’Quinn (LOST), Beverly Todd and David Hayden-Jones.  It’s been a fantastic shoot and such a thrill to work with this team of talented people.  I have been blessed on this one for sure.  The movie is about Tiffany Rubin, a school teacher from Queens who’s son is kidnapped by his father, a Korean American and taken back to Seoul Korea.  After several attempts and road blocks through official channels, Tiffany, with the help of Mark Miller and his Association For Lost Children stage a daring rescue to get her son Kobe back.

We have been shooting primarily in and around Vancouver, doubling as Queens, New York and Seoul, South Korea.  In September we will be traveling to Seoul to shoot some second unit for the film then post production until the end of October.  Taken From Me is currently slated to run on Lifetime Network in early February.

 

 

Update October 21, 2009

It’s been a while since my last update.  Been busy.  Cinderella Pact just finished posting and will likely air on Lifetime sometime in February.  I’m sure they will change the title as well.  In August I traveled to Toronto to work on The Border and while I was there was invited to join the gang at Being Erica for an episode.  The whole trip was a fantastic experience.  Fun to work with some old friends and make a few new ones.  It’s been a while since I last worked in Ontario.  I’m back on the coast again and busy trying to make some things happen. 

 

Update May 18,2009
I am prepping the Lifetime movie The Cinderella Pact which goes to camera sometime early summer.

Playing for Keeps (What Color is Love) was nominated for 4 Leo awards this year.  Direction, Franco Pante for Editing and two actor noms for Brian Markinson and Roger Cross.

 

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