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Albert Horton Foote Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play The Young Man From Atlanta and two Academy Awards, one for an original screenplay and one for adapted screenplay. In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In describing his three-play work, The Orphans' Home Cycle, the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal said this: "Foote, who died last March, left behind a masterpiece, one that will rank high among the signal achievements of American theater in the 20th century." In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Birth Name
Albert Horton Foote Jr.
Born
Tuesday, 14 March 1916
Died
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Horton Foote: The Road to Home | Self | 2020 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2010 |
Fearful Symmetry | Self | 1998 |
Lily Dale | Old Horace / Old Horace (voice) | 1996 |
The Civil War | Jefferson Davis | 1990 |
The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1984 |
Working in the Theatre | Self - Playwright | 1976 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Horton Foote: The Road to Home | Self | 2020 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2010 |
Fearful Symmetry | Self | 1998 |
Lily Dale | Old Horace / Old Horace (voice) | 1996 |
The Civil War | Jefferson Davis | 1990 |
The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1984 |
Working in the Theatre | Self - Playwright | 1976 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Trip to Bountiful | 1985 |
Tender Mercies | 1983 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special | Won |
1986 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
1984 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Won |
1963 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Won |
1959 | Emmy | Best Writing of a Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer | Nominated |