Harmony Korine Net Worth: How Rich Is The American Director?

American director and Contemporary artist Harmony Korine is also known as a Screenwriter, Author, Photographer, and Skateboarder. This 49-year-old director’s films are filled with uncertainty, loose and lawbreaking aesthetics. In an interview, Harmony admitted that he loves to explore taboos in society and try to incorporate them into his movies.

Korine’s two films Gummo (1997) and Jullien Donkey-Boy (1999) got the most compliments from the audience. These two movies’ storylines contain unorthodox narratives and he did a fantastic job drawing what the dysfunctional families look like. Harmony’s other movies that have the same plots as Gummo and Jullien Donkey-Boy are Mister Lonely (2007), Spring Breakers (2012), and The Beach Bum (2019).

One of his films Trash Humpers got a nomination from the Toronto International Film Festival. Though his films are quite controversial, Harmony won multiple awards including the Dox Award at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival.

So if you want to know more about this disputed director and artist’s personal life, whether he’s married or not, and his net worth, then keep on reading.

Facts About Harmony Korine

Harmony Korine’s Early Life

Born on January 4, 1973, in Bolinas, California, Harmony Korine came from a Jewish family. His parents’ are Eve and Sol Korine. Sol Korine was an Iranian Jewish immigrant, whose profession was tapdancing and produced a variety of documentaries for PBS.

Young Korine was used to go to carnivals and circuses with Sol. He also taught Korine how to use the Bolex camera. His favorite memory from his childhood was watching movies with his father. They watched together Werner Herzog’s film in the theatre.

In 1980, Korine’s family moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Young Harmony went to Hillsboro High School, but after some unfortunate event, he had to move to New York City to live with his grandmother. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He did complete only one semester and dropped out to become a professional skateboarder.

Harmony Korine’s Personal Life

Harmony Korine met Chloe Sevigny in New York City when she was in the senior year of high school. They two quickly became close friends. For the sake of this friendship, Chloe agreed to play a role in Harmony’s low-budget independent film Kids (1995). Some rumors said, they shared a romantic relationship that ended in 2000.

Harmony is now happily married to Rachel Korine, whom he met through a private party. Rachel is a former American actress, who played the role of Cotty in the crime film titled Spring Beakers. This couple has two children.

Harmony Korine got heavily trolled for his movie Spring Breakers. The plot of this movie is about teenage girls were stepped into the world of drugs to get free from their desperation. This resulted in a group of people being furious and formed a rally to ban this movie.

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Harmony Korine’s Age, Height, and Weight

Harmony Korine’s age is currently 49 years old. This controversial artist has brown colored hair and eyes. His height is 5 feet 8 inches, but his weight hasn’t been revealed yet.

Harmony Korine Net Worth and Salary

As an American director, Contemporary artist, producer, actor, and screenwriter Harmony Korine’s net worth is estimated at $3 million. In addition, he is very much active on his social media accounts with 65.9k followers on Instagram and 3.2k followers on Twitter. Therefore, he promotes multiple renowned brands from these accounts.

Harmony Korine’s Career

“Kids” was the first project of Harmony Korine where he cast Rosario Dawson and Chloe Sevigny. It was a low-budget independent film about Manhattan teenagers life who were into drugs and unprotected sex during the AIDS catastrophe. It earned both negative and positive reviews and was later known as a cult film. Soon after this movie, Korine received funds to produce Gummo. However, mainstream critics rejected this film.

In 1998, he produced The Diary of Anne Frank Pt II. It had a few disturbing scenes and the jury board and critics were quite annoyed seeing this. Thereby rejected it straight after.

Korine’s other Cult status received film was Julien Donkey-Boy, where the main story revolved around an untreated schizophrenia patient. He made an appearance in the movie called The Devil, The Sinner, and His Journey and served as a writer for the film Ken Park.

With a budget of roughly $8 million, Harmony’s next film was Mister Lonely. This movie was a total flop at the box office and create controversies just like his other movies. A documentary film about his life and career entitled Beautiful Losers was released in the theatre in 2007.

In 2009, one of his films Trash Humpers went on to win an award at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival. After two years, he released another short film called Umshini Wam. One of his projects Spring Breakers appreciated by the Jury and reviewers but didn’t get a good response from the audience. In this film, Selena Gomez, James Franco,  Ashley Benson, and Vanessa Hudgens were being cast.

Harmony Korine wrote multiple books and has a huge photographic collection. Being a member of this entertainment industry, he directed numerous commercials and music videos and co-wrote songs.

Harmony Korine’s Awards and Achievements

1. Harmony Korine won some prestigious awards like the Future Film Festival Digital Award, CPH: DOX Award for Best Director (2009), Gijon International Film Festival (1999), and Venice Film Festival for FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention (1997).

2. He has been nominated for Best Feature from Grand Prix Asturias, Film Independent Spirit Awards, and for Best Director from Indiewire Critics’ Poll.

3. Harmony’s recording labels are Domino Recording Company, Headphone Dust, and Spaceman.

4. Steven Wilson, a British Progressive rock musician’s solo debut album Insurgente’s opening song is titled, Harmony Korine.

Harmony Korine’s Recent Activities

Harmony Korine’s 2019 film The Beach Bum did a moderate performance at the box office. However, after this movie, Harmony didn’t announce any more upcoming films yet. But who knows, maybe he’s planning for his next film.