Joan Tewkesbury

Known for WritingBorn 1936-04-08 (age 90)Redlands, California, USA

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. Read more

Movies & web series

Scattering Dad

Nothing Sacred

Altman on His Own Terms

Calling the Shots

The Tenth Month

Northern Exposure

Shannon's Deal

On Promised Land

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

The Player

The Guardian

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Breakdown: 1975

Nashville

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Sudie and Simpson

Man's Favorite Sport?

Felicity

Cold Sassy Tree

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Peter Pan

Thieves Like Us

Wild Texas Wind

Peter Pan

Old Boyfriends

A Night in Heaven

The Acorn People

Strangers

Peter Pan

Way Out on a Limb

Way Out on a Limb

The Making of 'Nashville'

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In