Harvey Kurek Ovshinsky (born April 9, 1948) is an American writer, story consultant, media producer, and teacher, and has been described as "one of this country’s finest storytellers" by the Detroit News.

He received in 1992 a Peabody Award and in 1993 a National Emmy for the documentary Close to Home: The Tammy Boccomino Story, a film about the experiences of a mother and son with HIV.

[6] Ovshinsky’s stories each share a common theme: "They’re about communicating," wrote The Grosse Pointe News, "and people rising above their differences in order to get along."

Ovshinsky wrote the Movie-of-the-Week script PJ and the Dragon for Longbow Productions, and in 1998 earned a Best Screenplay Writer Award – Honorable Mention from the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for The Keyman.

Ovshinsky met his wife, Cathie Kurek-Ovshinsky, at Detroit’s Lafayette Clinic when she was a psychiatric nurse and he was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.