John Harrison

Writer, director, composer John Harrison began his career collaborating with famed horror director, George Romero. Harrison wrote and directed multiple episodes of Romero's classic TV series, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, for which he was nominated for a Writer’s Guild Award, before helming Paramount’s TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, THE MOVIE which won Harrison the Grand Prix du Festival at Avoriaz, France.

John is a writer, director, and composer and has written and directed multiple TV episodes for a variety of networks as well as world premiere TV movies and miniseries, including the two Emmy winning miniseries adaptations of Frank Herbert’s DUNE and CHILDREN OF DUNE which he wrote, directed and co-produced. He is an Executive Producer of the current big screen adaptation of DUNE for Legendary Pictures. He also co-wrote the Disney animated feature, DINOSAUR and wrote and directed the theatrical adaptation of Clive Barker’s BOOK OF BLOOD. Harrison adapted Clive Barker’s fantasy novels, ABARAT, also for Disney. He also co-produced DIARY OF THE DEAD in 2007, reuniting him with friend and mentor, George Romero.

John is currently developing the TV series, BLANK SLATE for producer Dean Devlin and Electric Entertainment. His psychological thriller, PASSING THROUGH VEILS, was published by WordFire Press in August 2023 and his latest novel, RESIDUE, was published by WordFire Press in February 2025.

Harrison is a founding board member of the George A. Romero Foundation, and is an MFA graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s famed School of Drama.