Joan Tewkesbury

Joan Tewkesbury

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. ​

  • Title: Joan Tewkesbury
  • Popularity: 1.307
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1936-04-08
  • Place of Birth: Redlands, California, USA
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Joan Maguire, Joan McGuire, Joan Tewksbury
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Joan Tewkesbury Movies

  • 1974
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    Thieves Like Us

    Thieves Like Us

    6.6 1974 HD

    Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist...

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  • 1971
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    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    7.1 1971 HD

    A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives...

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  • 1992
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    The Player

    The Player

    7.198 1992 HD

    A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

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  • 1996
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    Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

    Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

    1 1996 HD

    Paul Joyce’s documentary profile of Robert Altman, with contributions from Altman, Elliott Gould, Shelley Duvall, assistant director Alan...

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  • 2016
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    Way Out on a Limb

    Way Out on a Limb

    1 2016 HD

    Documentary with several of director Robert Altman's longtime collaborators, as they discuss making the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the style...

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  • 1960
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    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    6.7 1960 HD

    In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy,...

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  • 1964
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    Man's Favorite Sport?

    Man's Favorite Sport?

    6.944 1964 HD

    Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he...

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  • 1955
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    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    6.1 1955 HD

    This musical version of the tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up aired live on television on March 7, 1955. It was so popular that it was restaged...

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  • 1956
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    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    1 1956 HD

    This SECOND live broadcast aired a year after the success of the first. Utilizing much of the same cast, it nevertheless is its own unique...

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  • 1988
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    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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  • 1975
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    Nashville

    Nashville

    7.2 1975 HD

    The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in...

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  • 2013
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    The Making of 'Nashville'

    The Making of 'Nashville'

    1 2013 HD

    Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).

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

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

    7.1 2003 HD

    The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American...

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  • 1979
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    The Tenth Month

    The Tenth Month

    8 1979 HD

    An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.

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  • 1975
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    Nashville

    Nashville

    7.2 1975 HD

    The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in...

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  • 1983
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    A Night in Heaven

    A Night in Heaven

    4.5 1983 HD

    Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a...

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  • 1998
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    Scattering Dad

    Scattering Dad

    10 1998 HD

    An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she...

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  • 1998
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    Scattering Dad

    Scattering Dad

    10 1998 HD

    An agoraphobic woman who hasn't left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she...

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  • 1971
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    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    7.1 1971 HD

    A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives...

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  • 1990
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    Sudie and Simpson

    Sudie and Simpson

    6.5 1990 HD

    A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the...

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  • 1979
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    Old Boyfriends

    Old Boyfriends

    4.9 1979 HD

    When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

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  • 1991
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    Wild Texas Wind

    Wild Texas Wind

    6.7 1991 HD

    Soon after a country singer moves in with her band's new manager, he's found slain and she's a suspect.

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  • 1981
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    The Acorn People

    The Acorn People

    2 1981 HD

    An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.

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  • 1981
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    The Acorn People

    The Acorn People

    2 1981 HD

    An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.

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  • 1989
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    Cold Sassy Tree

    Cold Sassy Tree

    6.5 1989 HD

    In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three...

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  • 1974
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    Thieves Like Us

    Thieves Like Us

    6.6 1974 HD

    Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist...

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  • 1989
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    Cold Sassy Tree

    Cold Sassy Tree

    6.5 1989 HD

    In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three...

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  • 1994
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    On Promised Land

    On Promised Land

    6 1994 HD

    In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the...

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  • 1992
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    Strangers

    Strangers

    3 1992 HD

    Three provocative short stories. An American in Paris seduces a young man only to have the tables turned; a tourist recovering from an accident is...

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  • 1979
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    The Tenth Month

    The Tenth Month

    8 1979 HD

    An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.

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  • 1970
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    6.594 1970 HD

    Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a...

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  • 1970
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    6.867 1970 HD

    Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of...

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  • 1970
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    7.822 1970 HD

    After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and...

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program...

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

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  • 1970
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    9 1970 HD

    Father Ray, a card-playing, cocktail-sipping, blues-loving priest, ministers to his parishioners at St. Thomas, a large urban church in an inner-city...

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