Tom Harvey MBE is a BAFTA winning creative entrepreneur and writer.
Early life
Harvey was born outside
Stevenage
Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage w ...
New Town; his father was sculptor Mark Harvey and his grandfather was author
William Fryer Harvey
William Fryer Harvey AM (14 April 1885 – 4 June 1937), known as W. F. Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. Among his best-known stories are " August Heat" (1910) and "The Beast with ...
. He attended the Nobel School Stevenage and the
London College of Printing
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation ...
, where he studied photography, film and television.
Career
Harvey is Chair of hip-hop dance theatre company BirdGang Ltd and a Trustee of the Peter Marlow Foundation. Harvey was the founder and CEO of London-based festival SohoCreate. Harvey was Chief Executive of Northern Film & Media, the creative industries development agency for North East England.
Harvey is an Executive Producer on '' One Night in Turin'' directed by James Erskine, and feature films ''Rising Tide'', ''No Place To Hide'', ''Frank'', directed by Richard Heslop and ''Unconditional'', directed by Bryn Higgins.
Harvey began working in the media industry at
David Puttnam
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (; born 25 February 1941), is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords. His productions include '' Chariots of Fire' ...
's feature film company Enigma Productions. He then worked as an Assistant Director, Production Manager and Producer on US and UK movies, television films and series, documentaries, short films and pop promos, including
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up consisted of brothers Shaun Ryder (vocals) and Paul Ryder (bass), Gaz Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry la ...
and New Order, including their controversial promo ''
Touched by the Hand of God
"Touched by the Hand of God" is a song by English band New Order, released as a single on 7 December 1987. The song was originally recorded for the soundtrack to the film '' Salvation!'' and the version released as a single was remixed by Arthu ...
'', directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most i ...
.
He ran the
Edinburgh International Television Festival
The Edinburgh International Television Festival is an annual media event held in Edinburgh, Scotland, each August that brings together delegates from the television and digital world to debate the major issues facing the industry.
The Festi ...
for three years, developing the festival strands for young people, TVYP and TV25. He worked in senior management at the
BBC
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as a Commissions and Strategy Executive on
BBC2
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and as Manager of the Independent Commissioning Group He was Managing Director of online interactive entertainment company XPT with Tim Wright and Rob Bevan.
As a playwright Harvey wrote the play ''Pool'' which won the
Brockley Jack Theatre
The Brockley Jack Theatre (also known as the Jack Studio Theatre) is an Off West End theatre in the Crofton Park area of Lewisham, south London. It shares a building with the Brockley Jack pub.
The theatre was founded by David Kincaid, Michael ...
playwriting competition in 2014 and was produced by the Theatre in May/June 2014. The Verbatim play ABOUT LAST NIGHT in the 2017 general election, was performed at the Arcola Theatre with a cast including Monica Dolan and Helen Belbin. Harvey's short plays have been performed at The Park Theatre, The Jack, Theatre 503, Arts Theatre and The Cockpit. HER was selected for the ONE Festival at The Space Theatre and the FREE festival at Southwark Playhouse.
Harvey won the 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition at the Cork International Short Story Festival, he was a short story finalist in the London Independent Story Prize and has had work published by Bull Magazine, Litro Magazine, Mercurious and The Wells Street Journal.
Harvey is a Fellow 2007 of the
Clore Leadership Programme
The Clore Duffield Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2000 by the merger of two charitable foundations, the Clore Foundation of Charles Clore and his daughter's Vivien Duffield Foundation.
Formation
After ...
, a graduate of
Harvard Business School
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’s short course in Private Equity and Venture Capital 2009, and a Common Purpose Graduate 2003.
Membership
Harvey is a member of
BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...
. He has an honours degree in film & TV, and in the past has served on the advisory board for
IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a progressive think tank based in London. It was founded in 1988 by Lord Hollick and Lord Eatwell, and is an independent registered charity. The think tank aims to maintain the momentum of p ...
North, the Board of Culture North East and the management board of music accelerator Generator.
Awards
In the
2012 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2012 were announced on 31 December 2011 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand,MBE for services to the creative industries.
Winner of the 2023 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition at the Cork International Short Story Festival,