Horton Foote
- Writing
- March 14, 1916
- March 4, 2009
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Bessie · Story
- The Trip to Bountiful · Writer
- Main Street · Screenplay
- Fearful Symmetry · Self
- Alone · Writer
- Old Man · Teleplay
- Lily Dale · Old Horace (Voice), Screenplay
- Of Mice and Men · Screenplay
- The Habitation of Dragons · Writer
- Convicts · Writer
- The Civil War · Jefferson Davis (Voice)
- Courtship · Screenplay
- Almutaradat Al'akhira · Story
- On Valentine's Day · Screenplay
- The Trip to Bountiful · Screenplay, Producer
- 1918 · Writer
- Tender Mercies · Writer, Co-producer
- Keeping On · Writer
- American Playhouse · Writer, Theatre Play
- Barn Burning · Teleplay
- The Displaced Person · Teleplay
- Tomorrow · Screenplay
- Hurry Sundown · Screenplay
- The Chase · Novel, Theatre Play
- Baby the Rain Must Fall · Theatre Play, Screenplay
- To Kill a Mockingbird · Screenplay
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Shape of the River · Writer
- Old Man · Teleplay
- Armchair Theatre · Writer
- Storm Fear · Writer
- The Trip to Bountiful · Teleplay
- Goodyear Television Playhouse · Writer
- The Philco Television Playhouse · Director