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Joan Tewkesbury (b. 1936)

Alias:
Joan Maguire
Joan McGuire
Joan Tewksbury

Birthplace:
Redlands, California, USA

Born:
April 8, 1936

Biography from TheMovieDB

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. ​

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Continuity:
1971  McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Director:
1971  McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1979  Old Boyfriends
1979  The Tenth Month
1981  The Acorn People
1989  Cold Sassy Tree
1990  Sudie and Simpson
1991  Wild Texas Wind
1992  Strangers
1994  On Promised Land
1998  Scattering Dad

Screenplay:
1971  McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1974  Thieves Like Us
1975  Nashville
1979  Old Boyfriends
1979  The Tenth Month
1981  The Acorn People
1989  Cold Sassy Tree
1990  Sudie and Simpson
1991  Wild Texas Wind
1992  Strangers
1994  On Promised Land
1998  Scattering Dad

Teleplay:
1971  McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1974  Thieves Like Us
1975  Nashville
1979  Old Boyfriends
1979  The Tenth Month
1981  The Acorn People
1989  Cold Sassy Tree
1990  Sudie and Simpson
1991  Wild Texas Wind
1992  Strangers
1994  On Promised Land
1998  Scattering Dad

Writer:
1971  McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1974  Thieves Like Us
1975  Nashville
1979  Old Boyfriends
1979  The Tenth Month
1981  The Acorn People
1983  A Night in Heaven
1989  Cold Sassy Tree
1990  Sudie and Simpson
1991  Wild Texas Wind
1992  Strangers
1994  On Promised Land
1998  Scattering Dad

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TV Production

Director:
1985  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1989  Doogie Howser, M.D.
1990  Northern Exposure
1990  Shannon's Deal
1997  Nothing Sacred
1998  Felicity
2001  The Guardian

Writer:
1985  The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1989  Doogie Howser, M.D.
1990  Northern Exposure
1990  Shannon's Deal
1997  Nothing Sacred
1998  Felicity
2001  The Guardian

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