Joan Tewkesbury
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 8, 1936, Redlands, California, USA
- Movies
- 28
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 Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self |
| 2016 | Way Out on a Limb | Self |
| 2016 | Way Out on a Limb | |
| 2013 | The Making of 'Nashville' | Self |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self |
| 1996 | Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In | Self |
| 1992 | The Player | Joan Tewkesbury |
| 1988 | Calling the Shots | Self |
| 1975 | Nashville | Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice) |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Lady in Train Station |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Townsperson |
| 1964 | Man's Favorite Sport? | Woman in Elevator (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Peter Pan | Ostrich |
| 1956 | Peter Pan | Ostrich |
| 1955 | Peter Pan | Ostrich |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1998 | Scattering Dad | Director |
| 1994 | On Promised Land | Director |
| 1992 | Strangers | Director |
| 1991 | Wild Texas Wind | Director |
| 1990 | Sudie and Simpson | Director |
| 1989 | Cold Sassy Tree | Director |
| 1983 | A Night in Heaven | Writer |
| 1981 | The Acorn People | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | The Tenth Month | Director |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Director |
| 1975 | Nashville | Writer |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Screenplay |
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