Joan Tewkesbury
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-04-08 (89 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.
Acting
1974
as Lady in Train Station
1971
as Townsperson
1992
as Joan Tewkesbury
1996
2016
as Self
1960
as Ostrich
1964
as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1956
as Ostrich
1955
as Ostrich
1988
as Self
1975
as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
2013
as Self
2003
2000
as Self
Production
1979
as Teleplay
1975
as Screenplay
1983
as Writer
1998
as Director
1998
as Teleplay
1971
as Continuity
1990
as Director
1979
as Director
1991
as Director
1981
as Director
1981
as Screenplay
1989
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
1994
as Director
1989
as Teleplay
1992
as Director
1979
as Director
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