Biography

BIO- Fran Harvey: Producer-Director-Writer. Los Angeles, CA. Award-winning Producer Fran Harvey has been making movies and television for more than 20 years. In 2023 joined Sony Television in Los Angeles as a creative producer. In 2020 entertainment law firm FKKS aided in the sale of his book-to-film IP sale, the historical non-fiction telling of the first person to perish in the attacks of 9/11/2001. As both a writer and show producer Harvey was nominated for several TV Emmys, on teams winning Promax and CLIO awards, and as a producer won Telly awards across drama, comedy and sports marketing and promotions. Harvey spent over ten years on the lot at 20th Century Fox as a key member of the marketing arm of Fox Broadcast Network (FBC) with nationally televised shows such as Empire,The Simpsons, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen and American Idol. Fran served as CMO for creative agency, Frenzy, in Manhattan Beach, CA. In 2014 Harvey was Director Marketing Content the Tribune Studios and startup cable channel WGN America, in Century City, where he served as Showrunner and Executive Producer of content including the 2017 TV series "Movies For America", on which there is a notable appearances by Anna Paquin and Jerry O'Connell. Executive Producer on several films and development pilots including winning Best Short Film at the 2017 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes., and the TV Series featuring a neurodiverse small town hero "Dave's I Can't Believe I Made it to Hollywood Show" starring Howie Mandel and Amy Schumer,. Additional marketing and development credits: Tribune Media/WGN America, Salem, Underground, Outsiders, Manhattan, Glee, Jersey Shore, House, Futurama, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Universal Pictures, E!, Buena Vista Television, Fox 21 Studios, SPE, Lionsgate Television. Podcast credits include work on The Purecast (S1/S2), Criiime, Film Fest Radio, and YouTube's official Trends podcast with creator MatPat.
- IMDb mini biography by: Fran Harvey