About Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor, photographer, artist, and author. His methods feature an erratic, loose and transgressive aesthetic, exploring taboo themes and incorporating experimental techniques, and works with art, music, fashion and advertising. Korine's career began when he wrote the screenplay for the Larry Clark film Kids (1995), which was followed by his directorial debut, Gummo (1997), and its follow up Julien Donkey-Boy (1999). His films typically explore unconventional narratives and themes of dysfunctional families, and also include Mister Lonely (2007), Spring Breakers (2012), and The Beach Bum (2019). Korine founded EDGLRD, a creative and technology company, in 2023, with his film Aggro Dr1ft (2023) being one of the company's first projects. == Early life == Korine was born on January 4, 1973, in Bolinas, California. He is the son of Eve and Sol Korine and was raised Sephardic Jewish. His father was an Iranian Jewish immigrant. His father was a tapdancer and produced documentaries for PBS in the 1970s about an "array of colorful Southern characters"; he would take Korine to carnivals and circuses and taught him how to use a Bolex camera. As a child, Korine watched movies with his father, who rented Buster Keaton films for Korine and took him to see Werner Herzog's Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) in the theater.
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