Actor
Joan Tewkesbury
April 8, 1936 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Keith Carradine
3 titles together
Nashville, Thieves Like Us, Old Boyfriends
Dina Merrill
2 titles together
The Player, The Tenth Month
Shelley Duvall
2 titles together
Nashville, Thieves Like Us
Cristina Raines
2 titles together
Nashville, The Tenth Month
Neil Patrick Harris
2 titles together
Doogie Howser, M.D., Cold Sassy Tree
Mary Martin
2 titles together
Peter Pan, Peter Pan
Full filmography · 25
Way Out on a Limb
cast
2016
Scattering Dad
Director
1998
On Promised Land
Director
1994
Strangers
Director
1992
The Player
as Joan Tewkesbury
19927.2
Wild Texas Wind
Director
1991
Sudie and Simpson
Director
1990
Cold Sassy Tree
Director
1989
A Night in Heaven
Writer
19834.5
The Acorn People
Director
1981
The Tenth Month
Director
1979
Old Boyfriends
Director
19795.1