Joan Harrison

Joan Harrison (20 June 1907 – 14 August 1994) was an English screenwriter and producer. She became the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar when the category was introduced in 1940, and was the first screenwriter to receive two Academy Award nominations in the same year in separate categories, for co-writing the screenplay for the films Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) and Rebecca (1940) (adapted), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom she had a long professional relationship.

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Rebecca

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.9

1894 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 1940

87 years ago
Suspicion

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.1

862 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 1941

85 years ago
Saboteur

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.9

522 votes

Release Date

Apr 24, 1942

85 years ago
Foreign Correspondent

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

7.0

421 votes

Release Date

Aug 16, 1940

86 years ago
Jamaica Inn

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.1

234 votes

Release Date

May 11, 1939

88 years ago
Phantom Lady

Department Production

Job Associate Producer

Average Rating

7.0

133 votes

Release Date

Jan 28, 1944

83 years ago
Ride the Pink Horse

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.2

67 votes

Release Date

Oct 08, 1947

79 years ago
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.2

54 votes

Release Date

Aug 17, 1945

81 years ago
They Won't Believe Me

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.4

46 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 1947

79 years ago
Nocturne

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.9

28 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1946

80 years ago
Circle of Danger

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.5

22 votes

Release Date

Apr 17, 1951

76 years ago
Dark Waters

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.8

22 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1944

82 years ago
Your Witness

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.0

8 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1950

77 years ago
Your Witness

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.0

8 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1950

77 years ago
Once More, My Darling

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 10, 1949

77 years ago
The Children of Alda Nuova

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 05, 1962

64 years ago
Escape to Sonoita

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 26, 1960

66 years ago
Journey Into Darkness

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
Journey to Murder

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1971

56 years ago
Journey to the Unknown

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1969

57 years ago
The Man Who Found the Money

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 27, 1960

66 years ago
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

Department Production

Job Associate Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1955

72 years ago
Incident at a Corner

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 05, 1960

66 years ago

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