Mary Harron
- Born: 30 Nov, 1951
A former reporter of the punk-rock scene whose entree to filmmaking came via British TV documentaries, Mary Harron made the jump to features with the much-awaited "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996), the story of Valerie Solanas, who in 1968 shot and wounded the art-world legend. A Canadian raised in London, Harron moved to New York in 1976, delighted to leave the stuffiness of her Oxford education behind to work for an alternative film company running its kitchen. She began writing for Legs McNeil's PUNK magazine and in 1977 penned a lengthy piece for VILLAGE VOICE that explained and explored the London punk scene, introducing what had been a somewhat underground movement to mainstream America. Seemingly a constant presence on pop culture's cutting edge throughout her career, Harron, wh...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Don Harron:
- step-father Stephen Vizinczey: author of "In Praise of Older Women"
- child : born c. 1997
- child : born spring 2000
- Tony Blair: British Labour Prime Minister; dated in the 1970s while both were attending Oxford
- husband John Walsh:
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