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Derek Kevin Harvie (born April 7, 1974 in Deep River, Ontario) is a Canadian entertainment writer and producer. Harvie grew up in Ottawa, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film and literature.
One of the original creators of The Tom Green Show in its original Canadian community channel run, Harvie continued to write and produce the show on The Comedy Network from 1996 to 1998 and on MTV from 1999 through 2003. In 2001, Harvie co-wrote the film Freddy Got Fingered.
His special MTV documentary, The Tom Green Cancer Special, was named by Time Magazine as “one of the ten best TV programs of the year” in 2001. The show was also nominated for a Peabody Award.
Harvie has worked briefly on numerous other comedy shows and pilots including WB’s The Skateboard Show, VH1’s Hollywood Tonight and NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
From 2004 to 2007 Harvie was the executive producer of Night Calls and all other live programming for Playboy TV.
In 2008 Derek Harvie was co-writer, show runner and executive producer of the half-hour sitcom Testees on FX Networks in the US and on Showcase in Canada. The show is about two roommates who test experimental drugs each week and suffer ridiculous side-effects. Both Harvie and co-writer Kenny Hotz received 2009 Gemini Award nominations (Canadian Emmy) for Best Comedy Writing and Best Comedy Series. Testees was also nominated for Best Directing.
In 2008 & 2009, Derek Harvie was also a contributing writer for Kenny vs. Spenny which airs on Showcase in Canada and Comedy Central in the US.
In 2009 Harvie was show runner & executive producer of the half hour series Pure Pwnage. The show is a comedy about the life of a “pro gamer” and premiered on Showcase in Canada in March 2010. In September 2010, Harvie and show creators Geoff Lapaire and Jarett Cale received a 2010 Gemini Award nomination for Best Comedy Series.
Derek Harvie currently lives in New York City where he is working as a writer and co-executive producer of the US version of Skins on MTV Networks.
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Derek Harvie Biography / Wiki
| Name | Derek Harvie |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | N/A |
| Known For | Writing |
| Place of Birth | Deep River, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of Birth | 1971-04-07 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 51 |
| Deathday |
Derek Harvie Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Tom Green Cancer Special | Director | 2000-05-23 | Part documentary, part sketch comedy, part true-life drama, this short film follows Tom Green’s real life cancer scare and subsequent removal of one o… |
Derek Harvie Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Producer | 2001-04-18 | An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that … |
| Endangered Feces – The Very Worst of The Tom Green Show | Producer | 2000-08-17 | Featuring memorable moments from the widely popular “Tom Green Show,” this off-color compilation showcases Tom playing pranks on his parents, dressing… |
| The Best of MTV’s The Tom Green Show | Producer | 1999-01-01 | Tom Green is a comedian who likes to go around and pull pranks on everybody. Among his most famous is putting a cowhead in his parent’s bed, suckling … |
| The Tom Green Show: Early Exposure – Raw Meat and Rare Treats | Producer | 2003-03-08 | Spanked onto this program is the outrageous best of Tom Green’s early years! Armed with a camera and a complete lack of inhibition, Green developed hi… |
| The Tom Green Cancer Special | Producer | 2000-05-23 | Part documentary, part sketch comedy, part true-life drama, this short film follows Tom Green’s real life cancer scare and subsequent removal of one o… |
| Executive Producer | Testees is a Canadian television series, created by Kenny Hotz and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Th… | ||
| Producer | A wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence… and stepping on most of the mines a… | ||
| Producer | Jeremy is a leet gamer, but he still lives in his mom’s basement. His n00b brother Kyle, an aspiring filmmaker, documents Jeremy’s life as he is f… | ||
| Executive Producer | This fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy, a Canadian and self-proclaimed “pro gamer”…. | ||
| Executive Producer | Jenna’s American Sex Star is an adult pay-per-view reality television series hosted by Jenna Jameson on Playboy TV.
In each episode, four contestants… |
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Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Author | 2001-04-18 | An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that … |
| Endangered Feces – The Very Worst of The Tom Green Show | Writer | 2000-08-17 | Featuring memorable moments from the widely popular “Tom Green Show,” this off-color compilation showcases Tom playing pranks on his parents, dressing… |
| The Best of MTV’s The Tom Green Show | Writer | 1999-01-01 | Tom Green is a comedian who likes to go around and pull pranks on everybody. Among his most famous is putting a cowhead in his parent’s bed, suckling … |
| The Tom Green Show: Early Exposure – Raw Meat and Rare Treats | Writer | 2003-03-08 | Spanked onto this program is the outrageous best of Tom Green’s early years! Armed with a camera and a complete lack of inhibition, Green developed hi… |
| The Tom Green Cancer Special | Writer | 2000-05-23 | Part documentary, part sketch comedy, part true-life drama, this short film follows Tom Green’s real life cancer scare and subsequent removal of one o… |
| Writer | Testees is a Canadian television series, created by Kenny Hotz and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Th… | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | Max Graham and his group of friends run a start-up out of his parent’s garage…. | ||
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