Horton Foote
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Horton Foote
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, Tender Mercies, and one for adapted screenplay, To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1995,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth14 March 1916
CountryUnited States of America