- Dan Harris
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birthdate = 1979
birthplace =Kingston, Pennsylvania Dan Harris (born 1979) is an American screenwriter and director best known for working with
Michael Dougherty andBryan Singer , and whose writing credits include "X2" and "Superman Returns ".Early life
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 fromColumbia University , Harris’s short film "Urban Chaos Theory" won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at theNoDance Film Festival , and the following winter, his short film, "The Killing of Candice Klein", played at the 2002Sundance Film Festival .Career
Harris made his feature film directing debut with "
Imaginary Heroes ", starringSigourney Weaver ,Jeff Daniels ,Emile Hirsch and Michelle Williams. The film had its world premiere at the 29thToronto Film Festival and opened Winter 2005 after being given special recognition for excellence in filmmaking from theNational Board of Review .In addition to "Superman Returns", Harris and his writing partner
Michael Dougherty have co-written many films, including "" and "X2: X-Men United", which he wrote at the age of 22 for director Bryan Singer, an assignment offered to him after the director read the screenplay for "Imaginary Heroes". In the same year, he was honored as one of Variety’s top 10 screenwriters to watch.Harris is working on "I, Lucifer", a film that Harris will be directing, based on the best-selling novel which he adapted with Michael Dougherty. Harris and Dougherty opted out of writing the upcoming Superman sequel expected to be released in 2010.
Also with Dougherty and Singer, Harris is writing a year’s worth of the "
Ultimate X-Men " comic books forMarvel Comics and the "Superman Returns" prequel comic books forDC Comics . Recently, Harris’s photography has twice been published by New York fashion and arts landmark "Visionaire " and he was part of "Vanity Fair’s" "Hollywood Portfolio" in 2005.External links
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