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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Known For

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Suspicion

Journey to the Unknown

They Won't Believe Me

Phantom Lady

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

Nocturne

Ride the Pink Horse

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry