Horton Foote
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 14, 1916
- Died
- March 4, 2009
- Movies
- 21
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1998 | Fearful Symmetry | Self |
| 1996 | Lily Dale | Old Horace (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2014 | The Trip to Bountiful | Writer |
| 2010 | Main Street | Screenplay |
| 1997 | Alone | Writer |
| 1996 | Lily Dale | Screenplay |
| 1992 | Of Mice and Men | Screenplay |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons | Writer |
| 1991 | Convicts | Writer |
| 1987 | Courtship | Screenplay |
| 1986 | On Valentine's Day | Screenplay |
| 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1985 | 1918 | Writer |
| 1983 | Tender Mercies | Writer |
| 1983 | Keeping On | Writer |
| 1972 | Tomorrow | Screenplay |
| 1967 | Hurry Sundown | Screenplay |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | Screenplay |
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Shape of the River | Writer |
| 1955 | Storm Fear | Writer |
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