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Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter best known for her films ''I Shot Andy Warhol'', ''American Psycho'' and ''The Notorious Bettie Page''.〔(Twisted Twins Invites You to Bleed for Women in Horror )〕 ==Overview== Born in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada,〔Punter, Jennie (September 5, 2011). "The Monday Q&A: Mary Harron", ''The Globe and Mail'', p. R3.〕 Harron grew up with a family that was entrenched in the world of film and theater. She is the daughter of Gloria Fisher and Don Harron, a Canadian actor, comedian, author, and director. Harron’s first stepmother, Virginia Leith, was discovered by Stanley Kubrick and acted in his first film, ''Fear and Desire''. Leith's brief acting career partly inspired Harron's interest in making ''The Notorious Bettie Page''. Harron’s stepfather is the novelist Stephen Vizinczey best known for his internationally successful book ''In Praise of Older Women''. Harron's second stepmother is the Canadian singer Catherine McKinnon. Harron’s sister, Kelley Harron, is an actor and producer. Harron moved to England when she was thirteen and later attended St Anne's College, Oxford University. While in England she dated Tony Blair, later the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She then moved to New York City and was part of its 1970s punk scene. She helped start and write for ''Punk'' magazine as a music journalist – she was the first journalist to interview the Sex Pistols for an American publication. During the 1980s she was a drama critic for ''The Observer'' in London for a time, as well as working as a music critic for ''The Guardian'' and the ''New Statesman''. During the 1990s Harron moved back to New York where she worked as a producer for PBS’s “Edge,” a program dedicated to exploring American pop culture. It was at this time that Harron became interested in the life of Valerie Solanas, the woman who attempted to kill Andy Warhol. Harron suggested making a documentary about Solanas to her producers, who in turn encouraged her to develop the project into what would be her first feature film.〔Hurd, Mary. Women Directors and Their Films. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2007. Print.〕 In addition to her films, Harron was also the executive producer of ''The Weather Underground'', a documentary looking at the radical activists of the 1970s. She has also worked in television, directing episodes of'' Oz'', ''Six Feet Under'', ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''The L Word'' and ''Big Love''. She is currently developing a film based on the book ''Please Kill Me'' which details the 1970s New York punk scene of which she was so much a part. She lives in New York with her husband, filmmaker John C. Walsh, and their two daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Harron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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