Grant Harvey

Grant has been directing and producing film and television professionally for over twenty-five years. Grant’s most recent projects include ‘A Christmas Horror Story’, an anthology feature film for eOne, and the documentary ‘Balletlujah’ for the CBC about Alberta Ballet’s collaboration with k.d. lang. For his feature debut, Grant wrote, produced and directed the independent ‘American Beer’. He then produced and directed ‘Ginger Snaps: The Beginning’ for Lion’s Gate Entertainment, a prequel to the highly successful ‘Ginger Snaps’. Grant has also directed five movies for the Lifetime USA network. He has directed over fifty hours of episodic television, including 'Orphan Black', '12 Monkeys', ‘Helix’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, 'X-Company' and ‘Haven’. He directed the pilot episode of ‘The Best Years’ for Global/The N, as well as season openers of eOne’s ‘Bitten’, CBC’s ‘Heartland’ and 'X-Company, and the season finale of CTV/The N’s ‘Whistler’ – where he also acted as producer and series director. Grant also co-created, produced and directed the CBC youth program ‘From The Hip’. Grant has directed several BravoFACT projects and over twenty music videos. He recently directed four Heritage Minutes for Historica Canada, which commemorate Canada’s involvement in WWI. He has produced and directed over three hundred commercial campaigns in Canada and the U.S. He has earned numerous Canadian and international awards as a director, including “Best Director’ at the 2013 DGC Awards, and 2003 and 2004 AMPIA Awards. Grant lives in Toronto with his wife and children and is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency in Los Angeles and Ellipsis Entertainment Group in New York.

Curriculum Vitae

ORPHAN BLACK
hour long sci-fi series for BBC America (2 episodes)
12 MONKEYS
hour long sci-fi series for SyFy/NBC Universal
SHOOT THE MESSENGER
hour long dramatic series for CBC
X-COMPANY
hour long dramatic series for CBC (2 episdodes including SEASON OPENER)
CANADIAN HERITAGE MINUTES
4x PSA's commemorating Canada's history
HELIX
hour long sci-fi seris for SyFy/Sony Studios (2 episodes)
A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY
feature film for Copperheart Entertainment/eOne
BITTEN
hour long fantasy series for Space/eOne (3 episodes including SEASON OPENER)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
hour long fantasy series for CW/CBS Studios
BALLETLUJAH (also co-writer/producer)
arts documentary on k.d. lang and Alberta Ballet for CBC
HAVEN
hour long sci-fi series for SyFy/eOne (3 episodes)
PLAYED
hour long drama series for CTV
HEARTLAND
hour long drama series for CBC (17 episodes including SEASON OPENER)
SHE MADE THEM DO IT
Lifetime Original Movie staring Jenna Dewan-Tatum
THE IN-BETWEEN (also producer/cinematographer)
pilot presentation for hour long dramatic series
GONE
TV movie starring Molly Parker for Lifetime
BUNNY HUG (also co-creator/producer)
web series
HELD HOSTAGE
TV movie starring Julie Benz and Bruce McGill for Lifetime
WILD ROSES
hour long dramatic series for CBC (2 episodes)
FREEZER BURN: THE INVASION OF LAXDALE
feature film starring Tom Green and Crispin Glover
CONFESSIONS OF A GO-GO GIRL
TV movie for Lifetime
LOVESICK
TV movie starring David James Elliot and Sally Pressman for Lifetime
FLASH GORDON
hour long sci-fi series for SyFy
WHISTLER (also producer)
hour long dramatic series for CTV/MTV (11 episodes including SEASON OPENER AND FINALE)
THE BEST YEARS
hour long dramatic series for MTV/Global (PILOT)
THE DARK
2nd Unit Director for feature film starring Sean Bean and Maria Bello
SHOEBOX ZOO
half hour dramatic series for BBC/CBC (2 episodes)
GINGER SNAPS 3: THE BEGINNING (also producer)
feature film for Lionsgate
MENTORS
half hour dramatic series for Family Channel (5 episodes including SEASON OPENER)
GINGER SNAPS
2nd Unit Director for feature film
FROM THE HIP (also co-creator/producer)
half hour teen magazine series for CBC
AMERICAN BEER (also co-writer/producer)
feature film

Award Highlights

DGC AWARDS 2012 won "Team Award - TV Drama" - HEARTLAND
DGC AWARDS 2011 nominated "Team Award - TV Drama" - HEARTLAND
BANFF ROCKIE AWARDS 2012 nominated "Best Children's Program" - HEARTLAND
PRISM AWARDS L.A. 2009 nominated "Best Television Movie" - LOVESICK
DGC AWARDS 2007 nominated "Best Director Episodic" - WHISTLER
GEMINI AWARDS 2003 nominated "Best Director Children's Program" - MENTORS
DGC AWARDS 2003 nominated "Best Director - Children's Program" - MENTORS
AMPIA AWARDS multiple wins and nominations