Actor

Joan Tewkesbury

1955–presentb. 1936DocumentaryDramaComedyMusic

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 9 films ↗Also wrote 7 screenplays ↗

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Known For

16 acting credits

as Joan Tewkesbury

The Player

as Joan Tewkesbury

1992

The Player

Filmography

2025Breakdown: 1975Self6.8 2016Way Out on a LimbSelf 2016Way Out on a Limb 2013The Making of 'Nashville'Self 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf7.1 2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf9.0 1996Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

About

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.

As Director

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1998Scattering Dad 1990Sudie and Simpson 1979Old Boyfriends 1991Wild Texas Wind 1981The Acorn People 1989Cold Sassy Tree

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

1979The Tenth Month 1983A Night in Heaven 1998Scattering Dad 1981The Acorn People 1974Thieves Like Us 1989Cold Sassy Tree

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