Mark Harris

About the author

Mark Harris, born in New York City in 1963, is an American journalist and author whose work sits at the intersection of film history and cultural criticism. He built his career at Entertainment Weekly, rising from columnist to executive editor, and has contributed to Slate and New York magazine. He has written three books on American cinema: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), examining Hollywood's transformation in the 1960s; Five Came Back (2014), on five directors who filmed for the U.

S. military in World War II, later adapted into a 2017 Netflix documentary; and Mike Nichols: A Life (2021).