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
Top 16 Movies
The Player
1992
Nashville
1975
Breakdown: 1975
2025
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
Peter Pan
1960
Thieves Like Us
1974
Peter Pan
1955
Calling the Shots
1988
Way Out on a Limb
2016
Peter Pan
1956
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
Way Out on a Limb
2016