---
name: "Dan Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-harris"
fi1m_id: "dan-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0003529"
tmdb_id: 11013
wikidata_id: "Q2556156"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:34:23.520494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Harris

## Identity

Dan Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0003529
- **TMDB ID:** 11013
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2556156
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harris_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11013

Writer. Born 29 August 1979 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 August 1979, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harris_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2556156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11013

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Superman Returns*](https://film.one/film/superman-returns.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Harris is an American screenwriter and director. He was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Columbia University.

Harris began his career writing and directing short films, one of which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. He co-wrote the screenplay for *X2* (2003) with Michael Dougherty. With Dougherty, he also wrote the story and screenplay for *Superman Returns* (2006). Harris made his feature directing debut with *Imaginary Heroes* (2004). He later co-wrote *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016).

Harris has also written for comics, including prequel material for *Superman Returns* with Dougherty and Bryan Singer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Superman Returns* (2006), Fi1m 60, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-returns.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Speech & Debate* (2017), Director, Executive Producer
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), Story
- *Trick 'r Treat* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Rubberheart* (2007), Thanks
- *Until Death* (2007), Writer
- *The Pumpkin Karver* (2006), as Officer Sirrah
- *Superman Returns* (2006), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-returns.md)
- *Urban Legends: Bloody Mary* (2005), Screenplay
- *Imaginary Heroes* (2004), Director, Writer
- *X2* (2003), as Surgeon · Screenplay
- *Fish Don't Blink* (2002), Producer
- *The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln* (2000), Director, Executive Producer
- *Speedway Junky* (1999), as Club Kid (uncredited)

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