Mary Harron
Birth Name:
Mary Harron
Birth Place:
Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Actress
Fast Facts
- At the 2005 Provincetown International Film Festival, she won the Filmmaker on the Edge Award
- Received her education at St․ Anne's College, Oxford University
- Participated in the 1970s punk scene in America, working for "Punk" magazine as a music journalist and interviewing the Sex Pistols for the first time for an American publication
- Worked as a drama critic for "The Observer" and a music critic for "The Guardian" and "The New Statesman" during the 1980s
- Quote: "Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground․' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places․ The hidden histories․"
- Several of her films are adaptations of novels, most notably "American Psycho," which generated controversy due to its graphic nature but achieved cult status in the years after its release
- Two of her feature length films around about controversial female figures, Valerie Solanas who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol and Bettie Page, who was targeted in a Senate investigation of pornography
Awards
- 1996Golden CameraNominated
- 1996Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 1996Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic:Nominated
- 1997Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2000ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2000Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2000Best FilmNominated
- 2001Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2001Chainsaw Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2001ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2006Teddy - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2011Black Pearl Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
- 2018Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction, Drama Program or Limited Series:Winner
- 2018Canadian Screen Award - Best Limited Series or Program:Winner
- 2018Outstanding Directorial Achievement - Movies for Television and Mini-Series:Winner
- 2018Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Series - Longform:Nominated
- 2018Venice Horizons Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2023The Golden Linden Award - Additional Programme:Nominated