Dan Harris (born 1979) is an American screenwriter and director best known for working with Michael Dougherty and Bryan Singer, and whose writing credits include X2 and Superman Returns.
Harris was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania and went to Wyoming Valley West middle school and Wyoming Seminary for high school. Before he received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, Harris’s short film Urban Chaos Theory won the Grand Jury Prize for ...
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Dan Harris (born 1979) is an American screenwriter and director best known for working with Michael Dougherty and Bryan Singer, and whose writing credits include X2 and Superman Returns.
Harris was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania and went to Wyoming Valley West middle school and Wyoming Seminary for high school. Before he received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, Harris’s short film Urban Chaos Theory won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the NoDance Film Festival, and the following winter, his short film, The Killing of Candice Klein, played at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
Harris made his feature film directing debut with Imaginary Heroes, starring Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Emile Hirsch and Michelle Williams. The film had its world premiere at the 29th Toronto Film Festival and opened Winter 2005 after being given special recognition for excellence in filmmaking from the National Board of Review.
In addition to Superman Returns, Harris and his...
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