Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), American Psycho (2000), and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). She co-wrote American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page with Guinevere Turner. Although Harron has denied this title, she has been thought to be feminist filmmaker due to her film on lesbian feminist Valerie Solanas, in I Shot Andy Warhol, and a queer story-line within her teenage Gothic horror, The Moth Diaries (2011).
Daughter of Donald Harron and Gloria Fisher.
Moved to England at age 13
Oxford educated
Stepdaughter of writer 斯蒂芬·维经兹 and Catherine McKinnon.
Ex-stepdaughter of 弗吉尼亚·莱特.
Former occupation as a rock journalist.
First writer to interview Sex Pistols for an American publication.
Helped start the first punk magazine Punk.
Raised in Toronto, Canada.
Sister of actress/producer Kelley Harron.
Step-niece of Patrician McKinnon and Jackie Rae.
Did not direct her first film until she was 43 years old.
She originally planned on making a documentary about Valerie Solanis before deciding to make it a feature film.
Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.