harmony korine (born january 4, 1973) is an american movie director, screenwriter, and actor, best known for writing "kids" (1995), directed by larry clark. he then went on to both write and direct the movies "gummo" (1997), "julien donkey-boy" (1999), "mister lonely" (2007), "trash humpers" (2009), "spring breakers" (2012) and "the beach bum" (2019). he also wrote the drama movie "ken park" (2002), also directed by clark.