Joan Tewkesbury

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Joan Tewkesbury

Born April 8, 1936 · Redlands, California, USA (age 90)

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 B…

Known For

The PlayerThe Player · 1992
The Player
★ 7.21992
MovieMysteryDrama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
McCabe & Mrs. MillerMcCabe & Mrs. Miller · 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
★ 7.21971
MovieDramaWestern
A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
NashvilleNashville · 1975
Nashville
★ 7.31975
MovieDramaComedy
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—and their connection through the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Man's Favorite Sport?Man's Favorite Sport? · 1964
Man's Favorite Sport?
★ 7.01964
MovieComedyRomance
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 crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
A Night in HeavenA Night in Heaven · 1983
A Night in Heaven
★ 4.51983
MovieComedyDrama
Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
Thieves Like UsThieves Like Us · 1974
Thieves Like Us
★ 6.51974
MovieCrimeDrama
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 before going their separate ways.
Old BoyfriendsOld Boyfriends · 1979
Old Boyfriends
★ 5.11979
MovieDramaComedy
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.
Wild Texas WindWild Texas Wind · 1991
Wild Texas Wind
★ 6.01991
MovieTV MovieDrama
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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