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
Moved to the East Village in NYC; began writing for Punk Magazine; first American journalist to interview The Sex Pistols
1977
Wrote first in-depth article about English punk in the American press for Village Voice
Returned to London; worked for five years as a researcher with four of those years doing in-depth research for "The South Bank Show"; began directing segments for TV magazine shows (i.e., "The Late Show")
