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DenisHarvey

  • Producer
  • Executive
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Ex TVNZ Head of Production Denis Harvey has won an Emmy Award for his contributions to sports coverage. Harvey honed his management skills during three decades working in state television. He has helped change the way sailing is covered on-screen, partly by using graphics to make races more understandable and exciting to viewers. 

Screenography

Sir Peter Blake - The Boy From Bayswater
2003 Executive Producer Television
Black to the Future: The Team New Zealand Story
2000 Executive Producer Television
No Latitude for Error
1994 Producer Television

Biography

Denis Harvey helped make sailing accessible to a wide global audience on both the America's Cup and the Olympic Games. Harvey first got involved with the America's Cup in 1990, after many years directing and producing for TVNZ. By 2000 he was Head of Production and Sport, overseeing multiple departments and negotiating rights for a range of sports. Since leaving TVNZ in 2004, Harvey has continued to provide his expertise with producing sports coverage, through his company Leading Edge. 

Awards

2017 Sports Emmys (United States)
Nominated for Outstanding Technical Team - Remote (as part of the team):for 35th America's Cup
Nominated for George Wensel Technical Achievement Award (as part of the team): for 35th America's Cup

“By allowing innovative technology to be used as a tool in storytelling, Denis Harvey has opened the eyes of an entire audience to a sport they never thought they'd understand.”

— America's Cup broadcaster Andrew Hawthorn, on Denis Harvey