Horton Foote - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	14-March-1916
Place of Birth	Wharton (Wharton County, Texas)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Albert Horton Foote, Jr., Albert Horton Foote Jr., ÐÐ»ÑŒÐ±ÐµÑ€Ñ‚ Ð¥Ð¾Ñ€Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½ Ð¤ÑƒÑ‚
Profession	Playwright, Screenwriter, Actor, Film Producer
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. In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In describing his three-play work, "The Orphans' Home Cycle", the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal said this: "Foote, who died last March, left behind a masterpiece, one that will rank high among the signal achievements of American theater in the 20th century." In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Foote was born to Albert Horton Foote and Harriet Gautier "Hallie" Brooks in Wharton, Texas. His younger brothers were Thomas Brooks Foote who died in aerial combat over Germany, and John Speed Foote.

Awards by Horton Foote

Check all the awards nominated and won by Horton Foote.

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	Dividing the Estate

2008

Obie Award for Playwriting

Honored for : Dividing the Estate

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play	Dividing the Estate

2006

Drama Desk Award for Career Achievement	(For his bountiful body of work that sensitively explores the human condition)

2000

Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama

1998

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama

1997

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

Honored for : Hallmark Hall of Fame

(William Faulkner's Old Man)

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play	The Young Man From Atlanta
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special	Hallmark Hall of Fame William Faulkner's Old Man

1995

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Honored for : The Young Man from Atlanta

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	The Young Man from Atlanta

1986

Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay

Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	The Trip to Bountiful
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature	The Trip to Bountiful
Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay	The Trip to Bountiful

1985

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	The Trip to Bountiful

1984

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama

Honored for : Tender Mercies

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama	Tender Mercies

1983

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Honored for : Tender Mercies

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay	Tender Mercies

1963

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama

Honored for : To Kill a Mockingbird

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama	To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Honored for : To Kill a Mockingbird

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay	To Kill a Mockingbird

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing Of A Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer	Playhouse 90 The Old Man

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