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Horton Foote
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 adapte…
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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.
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2015
Bessie
Movie Story
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2014
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie Writer
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2010
Main Street
Movie Screenplay
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1998
Fearful Symmetry
Movie Self
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1997
Alone
Movie Writer
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1997
Old Man
Movie Teleplay
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1996
Lily Dale
Movie Old Horace (voice)
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1992
Of Mice and Men
Movie Screenplay
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1992
The Habitation of Dragons
Movie Writer
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1991
Convicts
Movie Writer
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1990
The Civil War
TV show Jefferson Davis (voice)
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1987
Courtship
Movie Screenplay
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1986
Almutaradat Al'akhira
Movie Story
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1986
On Valentine's Day
Movie Screenplay
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1985
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie Screenplay
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1985
1918
Movie Writer
More credits
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1983
Tender Mercies
Movie Writer
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1983
Keeping On
Movie Writer
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1980
Barn Burning
Movie Teleplay
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1977
The Displaced Person
Movie Teleplay
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1972
Tomorrow
Movie Screenplay
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1967
Hurry Sundown
Movie Screenplay
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1966
The Chase
Movie Novel
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1965
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Movie Theatre Play
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1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie Screenplay
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1960
The Shape of the River
Movie Writer
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1958
Old Man
Movie Teleplay
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Writer
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1955
Storm Fear
Movie Writer
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1953
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie Teleplay
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1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse
TV show Writer
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show Director
