Derek Harvie

Derek Kevin Harvie (née le 7 Avril 1974 à 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 et on MTV from 1999 through 2003. En 2001, Harvie co-wrote the film Freddy Got Fingered. His special MTV documentaire, The Tom Green Cancer spécial, qui named by Time Magazine comme "one of the ten best TV programs of the year" en 2001. The show was also nominated for a Peabody Award. Harvie has worked briefly on numerous other des spectacles d'humour and pilots including WB's The Skateboard Show, VH1 s Hollywood Tonight and NBC Saturday Night Live. From 2004 to 2007 Harvie ce que the executive producer of Night Calls and all other live programming for Playboy TV. En 2008, Derek Harvie que co-writer, le show runner and executive producer of the half-hour sitcom Testees on FX Networks in the US and on Showcase au Canada. The show is about two roommates oms test experimental drugs each week and souffrir ridiculous side-effects. Both Harvie and co-writer Kenny Hotz received 2009 Gemini Award nomination (Canadian Emmy award for Best Comedy Writing and Best Comedy Series. Testees qu'est-ce donc nominated for Best Directing. En 2008 & 2009, Derek Harvie donc, ce qui a contributing writer for Kenny vs. Spenny which air, on Showcase in Canada and Comedy Central dans the US. En 2009, Harvie ce show runner & executive producer of the half hour series Pure Pwnage. The show is a comedy about the life of a "pro gamer" et premiered on Showcase au Canada en mars 2010. En Septembre 2010, Harvie and show créateurs 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.