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Joan Harrison

1907–1994 · English film producer and screenwriter

Joan Harrison was an English screenwriter and producer. She was the first female screenwriter to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Award following the introduction of the category 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 Foreign Correspondent (1940) (original) and Rebecca (1940) (adapted), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with whom she had a long professional relationship.

Joan Harrison, in order

  1. 1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 88%, audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max
  2. 1939 Jamaica Inn: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 59%, audiences 36% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  3. 1940 Foreign Correspondent: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  4. 1940 Rebecca: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 98%, audiences 92%
  5. 1941 Suspicion: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 100%, audiences 77%
  6. 1942 Saboteur: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 81%, audiences 72% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo
  7. 1944 Dark Waters: wrote · directed by André de Toth · audiences 42% · streaming on Tubi
  8. 1944 Phantom Lady: produced · directed by Robert Siodmak
  9. 1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry: produced · directed by Robert Siodmak
  10. 1946 Nocturne: produced · directed by Edwin L. Marin
  11. 1947 Ride the Pink Horse: produced · directed by Robert Montgomery
  12. 1947 They Won't Believe Me: produced · directed by Irving Pichel
  13. 1949 Once More, My Darling: produced · directed by Michael Gordon and Robert Montgomery
  14. 1950 Your Witness: produced · directed by Robert Montgomery
  15. 1951 Circle of Danger: produced · directed by Jacques Tourneur
  16. 1960 Incident at a Corner (TV movie): produced · directed by Alfred Hitchcock
  17. 1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series): produced · audiences 92% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel