Horton Foote
American playwright and screenwriter (1916-2009) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 92
Albert Horton Foote Jr. 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).
Horton Foote is read about 117 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2009Died4 March 20091995Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1984Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward1963Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1916Born14 March 1916
People around Horton
Peter Masterson Directed The Trip to Bountiful and Convicts
Robert Duvall Horton produced Tender Mercies (1983)
Alan J. Pakula Produced To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Robert Mulligan Directed To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Michael Lindsay-Hogg Directed The Habitation of Dragons and Alone- Lewis M. Allen Produced 1918 and On Valentine's Day
Peter Newman Produced 1918 and On Valentine's Day
Steven Hill Also in Storm Fear and On Valentine's Day
Richard Bradford Horton produced The Trip to Bountiful (1988)- Carlin Glynn Horton produced The Trip to Bountiful (1988)
Jane Fonda Horton wrote The Chase and Hurry Sundown
Harper Lee Produced To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gregory Peck Produced To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Steve McQueen Produced Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
Wilford Brimley Horton produced Tender Mercies (1983)
Ellen Barkin Horton produced Tender Mercies (1983)
Rebecca De Mornay Horton produced The Trip to Bountiful (1988)
Paul Fix Horton wrote To Kill a Mockingbird (1963)- Lenny Von Dohlen Horton produced Tender Mercies (1983)
Sam Spiegel Produced The Chase (1966)
Joanna Miles Also in The Habitation of Dragons and Alone- Peter Werner Directed Barn Burning (1980)
- Fred Coe Produced Old Man (1958)
Glenn Jordan Directed The Displaced Person (1977)
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyAwards
About this person
He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2009 · aged 92
