Biography
Dan Harris (born August 29, 1979) is an American screenwriter and director best known for working with Michael Dougherty and Bryan Singer, and whose writing credits include Superman Returns, X2, and X-Men: Apocalypse. Harris was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He went to Wyoming Valley West Middle and High Schools and graduated from Wyoming Seminary. Before he received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, Harris's short film Urban Chaos Theory won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Shor...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Speech & Debate
2017
Director
Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make...

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Story
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Trick 'r Treat
2007
Executive Producer
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have j...
Rubberheart
2007
Thanks
It's Tuesday and Maggie is on the prowl for single-use sex partner at her local hunting ground, the video store. Hapless video nerd Ted tries, as alwa...

Until Death
2007
Writer
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges ...

Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns'
2006
as Self
A detailed behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Superman Returns.

The Pumpkin Karver
2006
as Officer Sirrah
After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find th...

Superman Returns
2006
Screenplay, Story
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on...

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
as Self
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
2005
Screenplay
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

Imaginary Heroes
2004
Director, Writer
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the f...

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
2003
The making of the sequel to the first X-Men film, trying to make it bigger and better than the previous film, and the challenges that come with that g...

X2
2003
as Surgeon
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm...

X2
2003
Screenplay
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm...

Fish Don't Blink
2002
Producer
The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln
2000
Director, Executive Producer
A dark fairy tale, in which Snow White and her wicked stepmother are both embodied by one plucky heroine, Nurse Lindy.

Speedway Junky
1999
as Club Kid
A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who develo...