Joan Tewkesbury
Biography
Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, author, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for Thieves Like Us (1974), and Nashville (1975), widely regarded as "Altman's masterpiece", and which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. She has directed numerous hours of episodic television, including for Disney, HBO, CBS, TNT, and NBC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Tewkesbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Player
Nashville
Breakdown: 1975
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Peter Pan
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Man's Favorite Sport?
Altman on His Own Terms
All Movies (16)
- Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self
- Way Out on a Limb2016 · as Self
- Way Out on a Limb2016
- The Making of 'Nashville'2013 · as Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
- Altman on His Own Terms2000 · as Self
- Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In1996 · as Self
- The Player1992 · as Joan Tewkesbury
- Calling the Shots1988 · as Self
- Nashville1975 · as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
- Thieves Like Us1974 · as Lady in Train Station
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971 · as Townsperson
- Man's Favorite Sport?1964 · as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
- Peter Pan1960 · as Ostrich
- Peter Pan1956 · as Ostrich
- Peter Pan1955 · as Ostrich