Joan Tewkesbury

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1936-04-08 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Redlands, California, USA

Also Known As Joan Maguire, Joan McGuire, Joan Tewksbury

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

Writer

1998
Scattering Dad

as Teleplay

1989
Cold Sassy Tree

as Teleplay

1983
1981
The Acorn People

as Screenplay

1979
The Tenth Month

as Teleplay

1975
Nashville

as Screenplay

1974
Thieves Like Us

as Screenplay

Director

2001
The Guardian

as Director

1998
Scattering Dad

as Director

1998
Felicity

as Director

1997
Nothing Sacred

as Director

1994
On Promised Land

as Director

1992
Strangers

as Director

1991
Wild Texas Wind

as Director

1990
Sudie and Simpson

as Director

1990
Northern Exposure

as Director

1990
Shannon's Deal

as Director

1989
Cold Sassy Tree

as Director

1989
1981
The Acorn People

as Director

1979
Old Boyfriends

as Director

1979
The Tenth Month

as Director

1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Continuity

Actor

2016
1992
The Player

as Joan Tewkesbury

1988
1975
Nashville

as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)

1974
Thieves Like Us

as Lady in Train Station

1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Townsperson

1964
Man's Favorite Sport?

as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)

1960
Peter Pan

as Ostrich

1956
Peter Pan

as Ostrich

1955
Peter Pan

as Ostrich