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Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, writer, 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 .
Joan Tewkesbury is a versatile filmmaker who started as a dancer and choreographer. She wrote and directed "Nashville" and "Old Boyfriends", and was nominated for an Oscar for "Thieves Like Us".
- Producer, Director, Actress
- April 8, 1936
- Joan Tewkesbury
Oct 22, 2015 · Tewkesbury, or “Tewkes” as she’s known at the Lab, has been working in an advising capacity at the Sundance Feature Film Program for more than a decade, and in recent years running her Designed Obstacles workshop, which teaches methods for grounding one’s writing in real life and honest emotional experiences.
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.
Joan Tewkesbury (1936-) biography on Film Reference. Born April 8, 1936, in Redlands, CA; daughter of Walter S. (an office machinerepairman) and Frances M. (a registered nurse; maiden name, Stevenson) Tewkesbury; married Robert F. Maguire III, November 30, 1960 (divorced, January, 1973); children: Robin Tewkesbury, Peter Harlan.
Joan Tewkesbury has worked in theater, film and television as a dancer, choreographer, actress, writer, director and producer. Making her directorial debut in 1979 with the feature film Old Boyfriends, she went on to direct and write movies for television such as The Tenth Month, The Acorn People, Cold Sassy Tree, and Scattering Dad.
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