Biography
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 β March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and his original screenplay for the film Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
Foote received the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Young Man From Atlanta. He was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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Filmography
all 32
Movies 27
Writer 22
TV Shows 5
self 4
Screenplay 4
Director 1
Writer
Bessie (2015)
Movie
Writer
The Trip to Bountiful (2014)
Movie
Writer
Main Street (2010)
Movie
Self / Playwright
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006)
Movie
Self
Fearful Symmetry (1998)
Movie
Writer
Alone (1997)
Movie
Writer
Old Man (1997)
Movie
Old Horace (voice) / Screenplay / Theatre Play
Lily Dale (1996)
Movie
Screenplay
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Movie
6.5
Writer
The Habitation of Dragons (1992)
Movie
Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 4/3/97)
Charlie Rose (1991)
TV
Writer
Convicts (1991)
Movie
Jefferson Davis
The Civil War (1990)
TV
5.33
Screenplay
Courtship (1987)
Movie
Screenplay
On Valentine's Day (1986)
Movie
Writer
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Movie
Writer
1918 (1985)
Movie
Writer
Tender Mercies (1983)
Movie
6
Writer
Keeping On (1983)
Movie
Writer
Barn Burning (1980)
Movie
Writer
The Displaced Person (1977)
Movie
Writer
Tomorrow (1972)
Movie
Writer
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Movie
Writer
The Chase (1966)
Movie
Writer
Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965)
Movie
Writer
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Movie
5.4
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Writer
Old Man (1958)
Movie
Writer
Storm Fear (1955)
Movie
Writer
The Trip to Bountiful (1953)
Movie
Writer
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951)
TV
Director
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.9
Based on 451 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1966
1985
1983
2015
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1916-03-14
Deathday2009-03-04 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceWharton County, United States of America
ReligionChristian Science
ChildrenHallie Foote
FatherAlbert Horton Foote
MotherHarriet Gautier Brooks
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsEvelyn F. Burkey Award, PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, Writers Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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