Joan Tewkesbury is an American film

Film

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 and television

Television

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 director, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, producer and actress. She had a long association with Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...

, writing two of his most acclaimed films, Nashville (1975) and Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us (film)

Thieves Like Us is a 1974 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. The film was based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson...

 (1974). As a director, she has directed features

Feature film

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, television movies, and TV series.

Tewkesbury was born in Redlands, California

Redlands, California

Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 68,747, up from 63,591 at the 2000 census. The city is located east of downtown San Bernardino.- History :...

, the daughter of Frances M. (née

Married and maiden names

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 Stevenson), a registered nurse, and Walter S. Tewkesbury, an office machine repairman. She has lived in Tesuque, New Mexico

Tesuque, New Mexico

Tesuque is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 909 at the 2000 census...

 since 2003.

Filmography as director

• Old Boyfriends (1979)
• The Tenth Month
  The Tenth Month
  The Tenth Month is a 1978 American television movie based on the novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson. The movie was directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starred Carol Burnett as Diandra Grey, Keith Michell as Matthew Poole, and Dina Merrill as Cele....
  
   (1979) (TV)
• The Acorn People
  The Acorn People
  The Acorn People is the name of a nonfiction book for middle grade readers, written by author, educator and storyteller Ron Jones and first published in 1976. It is was adapted for television in 1981.-Summary:...
  
   (1981) (TV)
  • Elysian Fields (1989) (TV)
• Cold Sassy Tree
  Cold Sassy Tree
  Cold Sassy Tree is a 1984 novel by Olive Ann Burns. Set in the U.S. state of Georgia in the fictional town of Cold Sassy in 1906, it follows the life of a 14-year-old boy named Will Tweedy, and explores themes such as religion, death, and social taboos...
  
   (1989) (TV)
• Felicity (TV series)
• The Guardian
  The Guardian
  The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
  
   (2001) (TV Series)

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