Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Writing
Born 1916-03-14 Died 2009-03-04 34 credits Academy Awards 2 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Writers Guild of America 1 Evelyn F. Burkey Award 1 star on Playwrights' Sidewalk 1 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award 1 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 1 nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

  • — Primetime Emmy Award Won

Writers Guild of America 1 won

  • — Award Won

Tony Awards 2 nominated

  • 2009 Best Play Nominated Dividing the Estate
  • 1997 Best Play Nominated The Young Man from Atlanta

Evelyn F. Burkey Award 1 won

  • — Evelyn F. Burkey Award Won

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk 1 won

  • — star on Playwrights' Sidewalk Won

PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award 1 won

  • — Theater Award Won

Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1 won

  • 1995 Drama Won The Young Man from Atlanta

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Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
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Filmography
Writing 30 credits
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982 · Writer, Screenplay, Theatre Play
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · 80% · Screenplay
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951 · Writer
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1992 · 72% · Screenplay
The Chase
The Chase
1966 · ★ 7.1 · Novel, Theatre Play
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies
1983 · 72% · Writer, Co-Producer
Main Street
Main Street
2010 · ★ 4.6 · Screenplay
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Screenplay
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Writer
Bessie
Bessie
2015 · 65% · Story
Courtship
Courtship
1987 · Screenplay
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · 72% · Screenplay, Producer
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Lily Dale
Lily Dale
1996 · Screenplay, Old Horace (voice), Theatre Play
Convicts
Convicts
1991 · Writer
Old Man
Old Man
1997 · Teleplay
Storm Fear
Storm Fear
1955 · Writer
Alone
Alone
1997 · Writer
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
1972 · Screenplay
Barn Burning
Barn Burning
1980 · Teleplay
On Valentine's Day
On Valentine's Day
1986 · Screenplay
1918
1918
1985 · Writer
The Displaced Person
The Displaced Person
1977 · Teleplay
The Habitation of Dragons
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 · Writer
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
2014 · 66% · Writer
Keeping On
Keeping On
1983 · Writer
Old Man
Old Man
1958 · Teleplay
The Shape of the River
The Shape of the River
1960 · Writer
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
1953 · Teleplay
Almutaradat Al'akhira
Almutaradat Al'akhira
1986 · Story
Acting 7 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982 · Writer, Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Civil War
The Civil War
1990 · 85% · Jefferson Davis (voice)
The Chase
The Chase
1966 · ★ 7.1 · Novel, Theatre Play
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Lily Dale
Lily Dale
1996 · Screenplay, Old Horace (voice), Theatre Play
Fearful Symmetry
Fearful Symmetry
1998 · Self
Producing 2 credits
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies
1983 · 72% · Writer, Co-Producer
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · 72% · Screenplay, Producer
Directing 1 credit
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Director
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