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Horton Foote
American playwright and screenwriter ()
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, &#;&#; March 4, ) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Harper Lee,[1] and the film, Tender Mercies ().
Horton foote jr biography
He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
Foote received the 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 , he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.[2]
Early life
Foote was born in in Wharton, Texas, the son of Harriet Gautier "Hallie" Brooks and Albert Horton Foote.[3] His younger brothers were Thomas Brooks Foote (–44), who died in aerial combat over Germany during World War II, and John Speed Foote (–95).
Television
Foote moved to California, wh