Dan Harris (screenwriter)

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Daniel P. "Dan" Harris (born August 29, 1979 in Kingston , Pennsylvania ) is an American screenwriter and director . He is best known for his collaboration with Michael Dougherty and Bryan Singer , with whom he made the comic book adaptations X-Men 2 , Superman Returns and X-Men: Apocalypse , among others .

life and career

Harris graduated from Columbia University . In 1998, while still a student, he got a job as a production assistant for the shooting of Woody Allen's film Celebrity - Schön. Rich. Famous. There he decided to get into the film industry. The following year he did an internship with Scott Rudin .

He borrowed $ 4,000 from family and friends to make his first short film, Dancing with Agnes . The following year, the 20-minute short film Urban Chaos Theory was made , which was awarded as the best short film at the No Dance Film Festival . However, he was unable to repay his producers for the US $ 50,000 he needed for this film. He shot his next short film The Killing of Candice Klein , a "morbid musical about Vietnam and death and alcoholism" for less than 1,000 US dollars. The film was shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival .

He then turned to screenwriting and attended a course with author David McKenna . As a result, several scripts emerged, including America's Least Wanted and Imaginary Heroes , with which he made a name for himself in the industry. Bryan Singer then hired him to write the script for X-Men 2 . Since that film, Harris worked repeatedly with Michael Dougherty , whom he met at a party in New York City in 2000.

Shortly thereafter, Harris also received Sigourney Weaver's promise to star in Imaginary Heroes . In 2004 he made his debut as a director of a feature film with this film.

In 2006 Harris worked again with Dougherty and Singer on the superhero film Superman Returns . In May 2016, X-Men: Apocalypse started their next joint project in the cinemas.

Filmography (selection)

as a screenwriter
as a director
  • 1999: Dancing with Agnes (short film)
  • 2000: Urban Chaos Theory (short film)
  • 2000: The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln (short film)
  • 2002: The Killing of Candice Klein (short film)
  • 2004: Imaginary Heroes

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Harris, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris, Daniel P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH 29th August 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Pennsylvania