Harry Jay Knowles (born December 11, 1971) is an American online film critic known for his movie news and film review website, Ain't It Cool News. Knowles is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association.
Knowles was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Helen Jane (born Harrison) and Jarrell Jay Knowles. His early years were spent traveling the Southwest and Mexico with his parents who did light shows for touring rock bands. His parents then settl...
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Harry Jay Knowles (born December 11, 1971) is an American online film critic known for his movie news and film review website, Ain't It Cool News. Knowles is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association.
Knowles was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Helen Jane (born Harrison) and Jarrell Jay Knowles. His early years were spent traveling the Southwest and Mexico with his parents who did light shows for touring rock bands. His parents then settled in Austin and began trading comic books and movie memorabilia from the upstairs floor of their Victorian era house. Knowles's parents also produced the Austin Fantasy Film Fest in 1976, one of the first science fiction conventions in Austin. Knowles spent many hours watching B-grade horror movies as well as other genres from mostly bootlegged 16 mm prints.
In 1983, Knowles's parents divorced and his mother received custody of him and his younger sister Dannie. The children subsequently lived with their mother on her family's ranch in West...
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