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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 ...
She soon graduated to reading books and scripts, writing synopses and contributing to scripts. In 1939, she accompanied Hitchcock to Hollywood, working as his assistant and as a writer. In 1941, she was hired as a scriptwriter by MGM. In 1943, she became a producer at Universal.
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Aug 25, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a producer and screenwriter who helped write the scripts for "Rebecca," "Foreign Correspondent" and other films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, died on Aug. 14 in London. She was...
Dec 2, 2020 · Christina Lane is the author of Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock, Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break, and Magnolia. She is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Miami, where she teaches film studies and women's studies.
After leaving Hitchcock in the 1940s, Harrison established an independent career as writer and producer, a challenging task for a woman in Hollywood of that time, especially the producer part.
Oct 15, 2020 · Presenting (more or less) real women and their voices on screen was something for which Harrison lobbied all her professional life. Joan Harrison, Producer at Large. Image: Getty. The British-born Harrison was the first woman to be nominated for two screenwriting Oscars in the same year (1941, for Foreign Correspondent and Rebecca).
Aug 24, 1994 · Joan Harrison, a major writer and producer for Alfred Hitchcock and once the only woman feature film producer in Hollywood, has died at the age of 83. Miss Harrison died Aug. 14 in London, her...
