Harmony Korine

Harmony Korine: Biography in Details

Who is Harmony Korine?

Harmony Korine is an American director, writer, and producer who is best known for his work in Gummo, Spring Breakers, Mister Lonely, and Ken Park.

Harmony Korine is also known as a person who wrote the script of the 1995 film Kids. Korine is also known as a skateboarder as well as an actor.

Is Harmony Korine involved in any rumors and controversies?

Harmony Korine was in controversy for Spring Breakers. As the movie was about the teenage girls on their spring break in Florida where they meet an eccentric local drug dealer named Alien who helps them in a time of desperation, and their eventual descent into a world of drugs, crime, and violence. So, it was criticized as a potential cult.

Themes and Influence

Blackface, Tap-dance, and Minstrelsy are common elements of Korine’s work. Most of his work is based on dark humor involving dysfunctional childhood, mental disorder, and poverty. The bold cinematic vision is fast making him a strong, sought-after voice in contemporary commercial filmmaking.

Harmony Korine’s early life, childhood, education

Harmony Korine was born in Bolinas, California but later moved to the east coast of the United States. He spent his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, and New York. He was born in a Jewish family of Eve and Sol Korine.

He is the brother of Avi Korine. When he was a child, he changed his name Harmony into Harmful to sound tough when he got into fights. Korine studied at Hillsboro High School and moved to New York where he studied Business Administration in college. Some source also claims that he attended Dramatic Writing at Tisch School of Arts at New York University for one semester but dropped out to pursue a career as a professional skateboarder.

Harmony Korine’s career, salary, and net worth

Korine used to be a skateboarder and at that time he met Photographer Larry Cark, who asked him to write a script on skaters including AIDs experience. For him, he has written a script for the film ‘Kids’.

Since then he is active in the industry of writing, producing, and directing. He has done numerous movies including Pixote, Badlands, Days of Heaven, The killing of Chinese Bookie, Hail Mary, and Fat City.

He has even directed a commercial for Dior Addict Fragrance as well as music videos for well-known singers like Rihanna and Gucci Mane.

Korine is also an actor who has appeared in movies like Kids, Gummo, Stoker, etc. Although his salary has not been disclosed, his net worth is said to be $8 million living a luxurious lifestyle as of 2024.

Body measurements

He has a height of 5 feet 8 inches; his body weight is unknown. His hair is brown and his eyes are also brown.

Is Harmony Korine active on social media?

Harmony is active on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. He has more than 65.9k, He has a social media presence with over 3.2k followers on Twitter and 3k on Instagram.

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