Biography
Horton Foote was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born Albert Horton Foote Jr. on 14 March 1916 in Wharton, Texas, he died on 4 March 2009 in Hartford, Connecticut.
He began his career studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse before turning to playwriting. Foote wrote numerous works for stage, television and film, including the screenplays for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Tender Mercies (1983), The Trip to Bountiful (1985) and Of Mice and Men (1992). He also created the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, which featured in many of his plays.
Foote received Academy Awards for his screenplays for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for The Young Man from Atlanta and the National Medal of Arts in 2000.
