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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Biography:Canadian writer and director "Mary Harron" first made an impact on the world of American independent cinema with her 1996 feature directorial debut "I Shot Andy Warhol". The widely acclaimed film, which detailed the short, strange life of S.C.U.M Manifesto author Valerie Solanas, earned both an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Film and a Special Jury Award for star "Lili Taylor" at the 1996 Sundance Festival.
The daughter of celebrated Canadian actor "Don Harron", she was educated at Oxford University and began her career as a rock journalist. One of the founders of Punk magazine, the first publication dedicated solely to punk rock, Harron was the first writer to interview the Sex Pistols for an American publication. She also worked for a number of British publications, including New Musical Express, for which she wrote a history of the Velvet Underground, and Melody Maker, for which she... Full Biography
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