Dan Harris
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- August 29, 1979, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movies
- 15
Dan Harris (born August 29, 1979) is an American screenwriter and director best known for working with Michael Dougherty and Bryan Singer, and whose writing credits include Superman Returns, X2, and X-Men: Apocalypse.
Harris was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He went to Wyoming Valley West Middle and High Schools and graduated from Wyoming Seminary. 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 International Film Festival and opened Winter 2005 after being given special recognition for excellence in filmmaking from the National Board of Review.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns' | Self |
| 2006 | The Pumpkin Karver | Officer Sirrah |
| 2006 | The Science of Superman | Self |
| 2006 | Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self |
| 2003 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 | Self |
| 2003 | X2 | Surgeon |
| 1999 | Speedway Junky | Club Kid (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2017 | Speech & Debate | Director |
| 2007 | Until Death | Writer |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Screenplay |
| 2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary | Screenplay |
| 2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Director, Writer |
| 2003 | X2 | Screenplay |
| 2002 | Fish Don't Blink | Producer |
| 2000 | The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln | Director |
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