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Joan Tewkesbury

Born 1936-04-08 Redlands, California, USA 16 films

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 …

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Filmography

16 films

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In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

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Breakdown: 1975

★ 6.8 2025

Documentary with several of director Robert Altman's longtime collaborators, as they discuss making…

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Way Out on a Limb

★ 0.0 2016

this brand new documentary focuses on the production history and style of McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the…

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Way Out on a Limb

★ 0.0 2016

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

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The Making of 'Nashville'

★ 0.0 2013

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

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gri…

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

★ 7.1 2003

A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words.…

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Altman on His Own Terms

★ 9.0 2000

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In poster

Paul Joyce’s documentary profile of Robert Altman, with contributions from Altman, Elliott Gould, S…

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Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

★ 0.0 1996

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

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The Player

★ 7.2 1992

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

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Calling the Shots

★ 9.0 1988

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to wait…

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Nashville

★ 7.3 1975

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of…

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Thieves Like Us

★ 6.5 1974

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until…

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller

★ 7.2 1971