Person
Joan Didion
Writing · 1934–2021 · Sacramento, California, USA
Biography
Joan Didion was an American writer. In the late 1960s, Didion's reportage brought Californian subcultures to wider attention. Her political writing often concentrated on the subtext of rhetoric.
Known for
Today
Self
A Star Is Born
Original Film Writer
The Last Thing He Wanted
Novel
The Panic in Needle Park
Screenplay
Up Close & Personal
Screenplay
A Star Is Born
Screenplay
True Confessions
Screenplay
The 50 Year Argument
Herself
Broken Trust
Writer
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Self
Filmography
- 2020The Last Thing He WantedNovel
- 2018A Star Is BornOriginal Film Writer
- 2017Out of My Head
- 2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelf
- 2014The 50 Year ArgumentHerself
- 2008Celebrity: Dominick Dunne — A Journalist in the Age of CelebritySelf
- 2008Dominick Dunne: After the PartySelf
- 1996Up Close & PersonalScreenplay
- 1995Broken TrustWriter
- 1995Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.self
- 1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionWriter
- 1981True ConfessionsScreenplay
- 1976A Star Is BornScreenplay
- 1972Play It as It LaysScreenplay
- 1971The Panic in Needle ParkScreenplay
- 1952TodaySelf
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