Joan Tewkesbury
Known for
Writing
Born
April 8, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
Redlands, California, USA
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.
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Best known work
The Player
1992
Nashville
1975
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Northern Exposure
1990
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Felicity
1998
Thieves Like Us
1974
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003Filmography
2025
Breakdown: 1975as Self
2016
Way Out on a Limbas Self
2016
2013
The Making of 'Nashville'as Self
2003
2001
2000
Altman on His Own Termsas Self
1998
1998
Scattering DadTeleplay, Director
1997
1996
1994
On Promised LandDirector
1992
StrangersDirector
1992
The Playeras Joan Tewkesbury
1991
Wild Texas WindDirector
1990
Sudie and SimpsonDirector
1990
1990
1989
Cold Sassy TreeDirector, Teleplay
1989
1988
Calling the Shotsas Self
1985
1983
A Night in HeavenWriter
1981
The Acorn PeopleDirector, Screenplay
1979
The Tenth MonthTeleplay, Director