Peter Tewksbury

Peter Tewksbury

Born	(1923-03-21)March 21, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died	February 20, 2003(2003-02-20) (aged 79) Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Occupation	Director
Years active	1954–1977

Peter Tewksbury (March 21, 1923 – February 20, 2003) was an American film and television director who directed Sunday in New York with Jane Fonda in 1963, the Father Knows Best TV series (131 episodes, 1954-1960), and a pair of Elvis Presley movies. He directed the entire first season of the television situation comedy My Three Sons and also frequently served as a producer and writer for the series. He also created It's a Man's World (TV series), and collaborated with J.D. Salinger on a film adaptation of the author's “For Esmé With Love and Squalor,” which was never produced after a casting dispute between the two men.^[1]

Film Credits

The Trouble with Girls (And How To Get Into It) (1969)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
Sunday in New York (1963)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)

Notes

External links

Peter Tewksbury at the Internet Movie Database
The Film J. D. Salinger Nearly Made by Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, November 21, 2016 – discusses Tewksbury's connection to Salinger

Films directed by Peter Tewksbury

Sunday in New York (1963) Emil and the Detectives (1964) Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) Stay Away, Joe (1968) The Trouble with Girls (1969)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Peter Tewksbury (1959)
Ralph Levy / Bud Yorkin (1960)
Sheldon Leonard (1961)
Nat Hiken (1962)
John Rich (1963)
Jerry Paris (1964)
William Asher (1966)
James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967)
Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968)
Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970)
Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971)
John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972)
Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973)
Jackie Cooper for "Carry on, Hawkeye" (1974)
Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975)
Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976)
Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977)
Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978)
Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980)
James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981)
Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982)
James Burrows for "Showdown", Part 2 (1983)
Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984)
Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985)
Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986)
Terry Hughes for "Isn't it Romantic" (1987)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (1988)
Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990)
James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991)
Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992)
Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993)
James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994)
David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995)
Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996)
David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997)
Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001)
Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002)
Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003)
Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005)
Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007)
Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008)
Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010)
Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011)
Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012)
Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013)
Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014)
Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015)
Jill Soloway for "Man on the Land" (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 49424739 ISNI: 0000 0000 4135 0251 BNF: cb140447024 (data)

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