Awards & Winners

Horton Foote

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., Альберт Хортон Фут
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)

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