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CYNTHIA HARRISON (director, producer, writer) is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer, and recipient of the prestigious Cine Golden Eagle award for the History Channel special Fly Fast - The Cutting Edge. Born in Los Angeles, Ms. Harrison has built a successful career producing and writing numerous TV documentaries. She co-created, executive produced, and wrote multiple episodes of the acclaimed History Channel series Dogfights. Her other documentary credits include The Great Ships, The Royal Navy, Search and Rescue, Defending America - The National Guard, and The Coast Guard. She also executive produced and co-wrote Rogue Waves, a History Channel project tied to director Wolfgang Petersen’s feature film Poseidon.
Ms. Harrison made her directorial debut with the award-winning short Silver Tsunami, which she also produced and co-wrote, highlighting the looming healthcare crisis affecting everyone. Beyond documentaries, she has penned multiple award-winning episodes of children’s programming, spanning intense action series like Spider-Man, Tutenstein, and Mortal Kombat, lighter comedies such as Pocket Dragons and Horseland, and popular preschool shows like Clifford the Big Red Dog. Her script for Todd World earned an Emmy nomination.
Before her work behind the camera, Ms. Harrison enjoyed a successful modeling and acting career. Beginning at age 14, she continued modeling and acting while attending UC Berkeley and UCLA. She appeared in magazines including Mademoiselle, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar, and walked fashion shows for designers like Valentino, Ralph Lauren, and Gucci. Her television guest appearances include Laverne & Shirley, with co-starring roles in Dallas, Murder, She Wrote, and the TV movie The Colony starring John Ritter. She portrayed Dee Presley in the ABC miniseries Elvis and Me, and appeared alongside Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak, later collaborating with director Wolfgang Petersen as executive producer and writer on Rogue Waves.
Ms. Harrison is currently in post-production on a feature film she directed, produced, and co-wrote, titled The Record Plant, Sausalito.
