Career
After purchasing a computer in 1994, Knowles taught himself how to navigate the Internet and began frequenting newsgroups to exchange gossip and rumors with other fans about upcoming films. After being chastised by future film critic Mike D'Angelo for posting binary image files to the newsgroups, Knowles launched the website that would become Ain't It Cool News in February 1996.
Due to the popularity of the website, Knowles was sought out by the mainstream media, including magazines, newspapers, and television news programs. In 2000, he was ranked #95 in the Forbes Power List. Knowles has made guest appearances on the television shows Siskel & Ebert & the Movies and Politically Incorrect.
Harry Knowles is featured in the documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism as an advocate of film criticism on the Internet; he articulates the divide between older and younger critics and advocates for the films of Michael Bay.
He was also played by Ethan Suplee in the 2009 movie Fanboys.
In April 2012, Harry released the first episode of a new YouTube series. The show caused an uproar over the review of a script that turned out to be fake, which is not the first time such an incident has occurred at the website.
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