Robert Harmon (born 1953) is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986
horror film
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''
The Hitcher'', starring
Rutger Hauer,
as well as for films like ''
They'' and ''
Nowhere to Run''.
His television work is distinguished by the series of made-for-TV movies featuring fictional Paradise (Mass.) Police Chief
Jesse Stone
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, which began in 2005 with ''
Stone Cold'', starring
Tom Selleck
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, as well as the
Emmy
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-nominated biopics ''
Ike: Countdown to D-Day'' (also starring Selleck) and ''
Gotti'', starring
Armand Assante
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. He has directed a few episodes of the TV show ''Blue Bloods'', which also stars Tom Selleck.
Awards and nominations
Harmon has been nominated twice for a
Directors Guild of America Award in 1997 and 2004.
Selected credits
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'' (1983)
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The Hitcher'' (1986)
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Eyes of an Angel
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'' (1991)
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Nowhere to Run'' (1993)
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Gotti'' (1996) (TV)
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The Crossing'' (2000) (TV)
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Level 9'' (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)
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They'' (2002)
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Highwaymen'' (2003)
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day'' (2004) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Stone Cold'' (2005) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Night Passage'' (2006) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise'' (2006) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change'' (2007) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice'' 2009) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: No Remorse'' (2010) (TV)
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November Christmas'' (2010) (TV)
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Blue Bloods'' (2011) TV series (unknown episodes)
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt'' (2012) (TV)
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise'' (2015) (TV)
References
External links
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American film directors
American television directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1953 births
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