Fran Harvey

BIO- Fran Harvey- Producer-Director-Writer Award-winning Producer Fran Harvey has been making movies and television for more than 20 years. In 2020 entertainment law firm FKKS aided in the sale of his book-to-film IP sale and the historical fiction story behind 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 and winner of Promax and Telly awards in drama, comedy and sports entertainment marketing and promotions. Harvey served as director and show runner for network live telecasts for sports, lottery and award and event shows such as the NAACP Awards in Atlanta. He then 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 Arrested Development,The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, Empire, Hell's Kitchen and American Idol. Fran was a founding partner and President of The Frenzy Agency in Manhattan Beach, CA. In 2014 Harvey took on the role overseeing on set creative for the Tribune Studios and startup cable channel WGN America, in Century City. Fran 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. He is also listed as Executive Producer on several films including the award winning Comedy "Emojional Breakdown" (USA, 2017) and The Color Red ( Shani Atias, Danny Boushebel, foreign, 2017) Power Shift (USA, 2018) and the TV Series Coming Soon ( 2018). 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. In 2021 Fran became a partner in a production and development deal for a comedy / documentary. The film chronicles the life of an adult on the autism spectrum who, unable to find work in his small New Jersey coastal town, endeavors to become a celebrity interviewer, successfully landing poignant and wildly unpredictable interviews with Howie Mandel, Amy Schumer, Jay Leno and a previously unseen interview with now deceased Regis Philbin.