HARRIS DICKINSON I started writing it about six years ago. Mike was always a character in it, but originally it was a loose two-hander, a different form, but I really needed it to be Mike’s story.

Director Harris Dickinson poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'Urchin' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan ...

Since his 2017 breakout in Sundance hit Beach Rats, Harris Dickinson has been keeping busy, averaging two or three films a year in projects as diverse as Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness ...

Harris Dickinson on “Urchin” “I wanted to direct from a very young age. I wanted to make films,” says Dickinson, who got his start as many young creators do now: on YouTube.