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Home/People/Joan Tewkesbury
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Born
Apr 8, 1936
Age 89
Place of Birth
Redlands, California, USA
Known For
Writing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

16
Movies
0
TV Shows
16
Directed
Also Known As
Joan Maguire
Joan McGuire
Joan Tewksbury
IMDb Profile

Joan Tewkesbury

Writing

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. ​
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2025
Way Out on a Limb poster

Way Out on a Limb

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2016
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Way Out on a Limb

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2016
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The Making of 'Nashville'

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2013
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

as Self
2003
Altman on His Own Terms poster

Altman on His Own Terms

as Self
2000
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In poster

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

as Self
1996
The Player poster

The Player

as Joan Tewkesbury
1992
Calling the Shots poster

Calling the Shots

as Self
1988
Nashville poster

Nashville

as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
1975
Thieves Like Us poster

Thieves Like Us

as Lady in Train Station
1974
McCabe & Mrs. Miller poster

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Townsperson
1971
Man's Favorite Sport? poster

Man's Favorite Sport?

as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1964
Peter Pan poster

Peter Pan

as Ostrich
1960
Peter Pan poster

Peter Pan

as Ostrich
1956
Peter Pan poster

Peter Pan

as Ostrich
1955