Joan Tewkesbury

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthdate

1936-04-08 (Age: 90)

Place of Birth

Redlands, California, USA

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.

Filmography (16)

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Breakdown: 1975

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Way Out on a Limb

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Way Out on a Limb

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Making of 'Nashville'

⭐ 7.1 Role: Self

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

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Altman on His Own Terms

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

⭐ 7.2 Role: Joan Tewkesbury

The Player

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Calling the Shots

⭐ 7.2 Role: Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)

Nashville

⭐ 6.5 Role: Lady in Train Station

Thieves Like Us

⭐ 7.2 Role: Townsperson

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

⭐ 7.0 Role: Woman in Elevator (uncredited)

Man's Favorite Sport?

⭐ 6.7 Role: Ostrich

Peter Pan

⭐ 1.0 Role: Ostrich

Peter Pan

⭐ 6.2 Role: Ostrich

Peter Pan