
Joan Tewkesbury
Writing
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.
Born: April 8, 1936 · Redlands, California, USA
Filmography (17)

Breakdown: 1975
2025

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003

The Guardian
2001

Felicity
1998

The Player
1992

Northern Exposure
1990

Shannon's Deal
1990

Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985

A Night In Heaven
1983

Old Boyfriends
1979

Nashville
1975

Thieves Like Us
1974

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971

Man's Favorite Sport?
1964

Peter Pan
1960

Peter Pan
1955
