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Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Writer · 1916–2009

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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.

Wrote 28

2010s

  1. 2015
  2. 2014

    The Trip to Bountiful

    Theatre Play, Teleplay

  3. 2010

1990s

  1. 1997

    Alone

    Writer

  2. Old Man

    Teleplay

  3. 1996
  4. 1992
  5. The Habitation of Dragons

    Writer

  6. 1991

1980s

  1. 1987
  2. 1986

    Almutaradat Al'akhira

    Story

  3. 1985
  4. 1918

    Writer

  5. 1983
  6. Keeping On

    Writer

  7. 1982
  8. 1980

    Barn Burning

    Teleplay

1970s

  1. 1977

    The Displaced Person

    Teleplay

  2. 1972

    Tomorrow

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1967

    Hurry Sundown

    Screenplay

  2. 1966
  3. 1965

    Baby the Rain Must Fall

    Theatre Play, Screenplay

  4. 1962

1950s

  1. 1958

    Old Man

    Teleplay

  2. 1956

    Armchair Theatre

    Writer

  3. 1955
  4. 1951

Acted in 2

Produced 2

Directed 1

Appearances2

1990s

  1. 1998

    Fearful Symmetry

    Self