Writer
Joan Tewkesbury
90 years · Redlands, California, USA · 26 films
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.
Best known for
The Player
1992 · Joan Tewkesbury
On HBO Max
Nashville
1975 · Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice), Writer
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Townsperson
On Plex
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 · Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Lady in Train Station, Screenplay
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
Filmography 26
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self
On Netflix
Way Out on a Limb
2016 · Self
Way Out on a Limb
2016 · Actor
The Making of 'Nashville'
2013 · Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
Scattering Dad
1998 · Director
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996 · Self
On Promised Land
1994 · Director
Strangers
1992 · Director
The Player
1992 · Joan Tewkesbury
On HBO Max
Wild Texas Wind
1991 · Director
Sudie and Simpson
1990 · Director
On Hoopla
Cold Sassy Tree
1989 · Director
Calling the Shots
1988 · Self
A Night in Heaven
1983 · Writer
The Acorn People
1981 · Director, Screenplay
The Tenth Month
1979 · Director
Old Boyfriends
1979 · Director
On Plex
Nashville
1975 · Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice), Writer
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Lady in Train Station, Screenplay
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Townsperson
On Plex
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964 · Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
Peter Pan
1960 · Ostrich