Wayne David Harrison AM (born in East Melbourne, Australia in 1953) is an Australian director, writer, producer, performer and actor.
In 1977, Harrison enrolled at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and completed an Honours Degree majoring in history.
In 2006 he co-wrote and directed the Spiegelworld circus cabaret sensation Absinthe which played in New York and Miami, before taking up residency in a custom-built Spiegeltent on the grounds of Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas in 2011, where it is still running.
In 2006, he was the director of the 2006 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, held in Melbourne, as well as the director of the touring production of 2 Weeks with the Queen for Adelaide's Windmill Theatre Arts and End of the Rainbow in Sydney, Melbourne and the Edinburgh Festival.
On 11 June 2012, Harrison was named a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the arts as a director, writer, producer and performer, to Australian cultural life, and as a supporter of emerging talent.