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Robert Harmon

b. 1953

American film and television director (born 1953)

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Born 1953. Robert Harmon is an American film director, television director, film producer and director.

Robert Harmon (born 1953) is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film The Hitcher, starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like They and Nowhere to Run.

His television work is distinguished by the series of made-for-TV movies featuring fictional Paradise (Mass.) Police Chief Jesse Stone, which began in 2005 with Stone Cold, starring Tom Selleck, as well as the Emmy-nominated biopics Ike: Countdown to D-Day (also starring Selleck) and Gotti, starring Armand Assante. He has directed a few episodes of the TV show Blue Bloods, which also stars Tom Selleck.

Awards and nominations Harmon has been nominated twice for a Directors Guild of America Award in 1997 and 2004.

Selected credits

China Lake (1983) The Hitcher (1986) Eyes of an Angel (1991) Nowhere to Run (1993) Gotti (1996) (TV) The Crossing (2000) (TV) Level 9 (2000) TV series (unknown episodes) They (2002) Highwaymen (2003) Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004) (TV) Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005) (TV) Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) (TV) Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006) (TV) Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007) (TV) Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 2009) (TV) Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) (TV) November Christmas (2010) (TV) Blue Bloods (2011) TV series (unknown episodes) Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012) (TV) Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) (TV)

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1953, White Plains
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Who is Robert Harmon?

American film and television director (born 1953)

When was Robert Harmon born?

Robert Harmon was born in 1953 in White Plains.

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Robert Harmon is a film director, television director, film producer and director.

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Robert Harmon is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Harmon

· Wikidata: Q1287882

· DBpedia: Robert Harmon

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