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Joan Tewkesbury

Joan Tewkesbury

Born: 1936-04-08 • 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.

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Filmography
Breakdown: 1975 poster
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • Self
Way Out on a Limb poster
Way Out on a Limb
2016 • Self
Way Out on a Limb poster
Way Out on a Limb
2016
The Making of 'Nashville' poster
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013 • Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 • Self
Altman on His Own Terms poster
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 • Self
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In poster
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996 • Self
The Player poster
The Player
1992 • Joan Tewkesbury
Calling the Shots poster
Calling the Shots
1988 • Self
Nashville poster
Nashville
1975 • Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
Thieves Like Us poster
Thieves Like Us
1974 • Lady in Train Station
McCabe & Mrs. Miller poster
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 • Townsperson
Man's Favorite Sport? poster
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 • Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
Peter Pan poster
Peter Pan
1960 • Ostrich
Peter Pan poster
Peter Pan
1956 • Ostrich
Peter Pan poster
Peter Pan
1955 • Ostrich