Derek Harvie
| Derek Kevin Harvie | |
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Derek Harvie in Petrified Forest, Arizona
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April 7, 1974 Deep River, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Television & film writer, director, producer & showrunner |
| Years active | 1994 - Present |
Derek Kevin Harvie (born April 7, 1974) 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.
US Magazine named him one of the "100 Most Creative People in Entertainment".
One of the original creators of The Tom Green Show on its Canadian community channel run, Harvie continued to write and produce the show for The Comedy Network from 1996 to 1998 and MTV from 1999 through 2003.
In 2001, Harvie co-wrote the 20th Century Fox and New Regency feature Freddy Got Fingered. He also worked as a writer on the Sony, Imagine and Revolution Studios feature Stealing Harvard that year.
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 on numerous other comedy shows, 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 a weekly live, comedic talk show on Playboy TV.
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