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Joan Didion

Known for writing · Born 5 December 1934 · Died 23 December 2021 · aged 87 · Sacramento, California, USA

17 credits

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.

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Known for

A Star Is Born

2018

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

A Star Is Born

1976

Up Close & Personal

1996

True Confessions

1981

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017

The 50 Year Argument

2014

Play It as It Lays

1972

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

2008

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

1995

Broken Trust

1995

Acting (8)

2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelfFilm
2017Out of My HeadFilm
2014The 50 Year ArgumentHerselfFilm
2008Dominick Dunne: After the PartySelfFilm
2008Celebrity: Dominick Dunne — A Journalist in the Age of CelebritySelfFilm
1995Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.selfFilm
1978The South Bank ShowSeries
1952TodaySelfSeries

Writing (9)

2020The Last Thing He WantedNovelFilm
2018A Star Is BornOriginal Film WriterFilm
1996Up Close & PersonalScreenplayFilm
1995Broken TrustWriterFilm
1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionWriterFilm
1981True ConfessionsScreenplayFilm
1976A Star Is BornScreenplayFilm
1972Play It as It LaysScreenplay, NovelFilm
1971The Panic in Needle ParkScreenplayFilm