Harvey Hart

Harvey Hart (March 19, 1928 – November 22, 1989) was a Canadian director and producer of film and television.

Early life and education Hart was born to a Jewish family in Toronto in 1928. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1949 and moved to New York City, supporting himself as an Arthur Murray Studio dance instructor while attending Erwin Piscator's New School-affiliated Dramatic Workshop.

Career Returning to Toronto in 1952, Hart was promptly hired by the CBC,

In 1963 he left the CBC and moved to the United States, where, in the following years, he directed episodes for TV series such as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Star Trek, as well as theatrical features, including Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) and The Sweet Ride (1968).

He returned to Toronto in 1970 where he directed several feature films, including Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971), The Pyx (1973), Shoot (1976) and Goldenrod (1976), for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director. In the mid 1970s Hart directed four episodes of Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974), A Deadly State of Mind (1975), Forgotten Lady (1975), and Now You See Him (1976).

He continued splitting his time between film work in Canada and television work in Los Angeles throughout the 1980s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film for the mini-series East of Eden (1981) and a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for the television crime-drama film Passion and Paradise (1989).

Personal life Hart was married to Katherine, with whom he had three children, two daughters and one son. survived by his wife, children, and three step-siblings. Hart's remains are interred in the Pride of Israel section of Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Toronto.

Selected filmography The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1961) (TV) Dark Intruder (1965) Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) Sullivan's Empire (1967) The Sweet Ride (1968) Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971) Mahoney's Last Stand (1972) The Pyx (1973) Goldenrod (1976) Shoot (1976) East of Eden (1981) (TV miniseries) The High Country (1981) Utilities (1983) Beverly Hills Madam (1986) (TV) Stone Fox (1987) (TV) Passion and Paradise (1989) (TV)

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