Joan Tewkesbury
Writing
- Born
- April 8, 1936 (age 90) · 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.
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Known for
Nashville
June 11, 1975
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
July 8, 1971
Thieves Like Us
February 11, 1974
A Night in Heaven
November 18, 1983
Old Boyfriends
March 22, 1979
Wild Texas Wind
September 23, 1991
Cold Sassy Tree
October 16, 1989
Strangers
May 15, 1992
Sudie and Simpson
September 11, 1990
The Tenth Month
September 16, 1979
The Acorn People
March 2, 1981
Scattering Dad
January 4, 1998
Behind the camera13
- 1998Scattering Dad Teleplay, Director
- 1994On Promised Land Director
- 1992Strangers Director
- 1991Wild Texas Wind Director
- 1990Sudie and Simpson Director
- 1989Cold Sassy Tree Director, Teleplay
- 1983A Night in Heaven Writer
- 1981The Acorn People Director, Screenplay
- 1979The Tenth Month Teleplay, Director
- 1979Old Boyfriends