Horton Foote (born March 14, 1916 in Wharton, Texas), is a two-time Academy Award and one-time Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated American author and playwright. Perhaps his best known work is his screenplay for To Kill a Mockingbird. is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Wharton is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... An Emmy Award. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. ...

Playwriting career

Foote has had plays produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and at many regional theatres. They include Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards, which received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in 2002, The Carpetbagger's Children, Last of the Thortons, The Chase, The Trip to Bountiful, The Habitation of Dragons, Night Seasons, Tomorrow, The Orphan's Home Cycle (Roots in a Parched Ground, Convicts, Lily Dale, The Widow Claire, Courtship, Valentine's Day, 1918, Cousins, The Death of Papa), Dividing the Estate, Talking Pictures, The Roads to Home, Laura Dennis, Vernon Early and many one-act plays. He wrote the English adaptation of the original Japanese book for the 1970 musical Scarlett. He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Young Man From Atlanta. The Goodman Theatre production that was presented on Broadway in New York City in 1997 was nominated for Best Play, but did not win. The production starred Rip Torn, Shirley Knight and William Biff McGuire. Knight and McGuire were also nominated for Tony Awards. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Off-Off-Broadway refers to theatrical productions including plays, musicals or performance art pieces performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway productions or off-Broadway productions. ... Regional theatres (also called resident theatres) in the United States are professional theatre companies that produce their own seasons. ... South Coast Repertory South Coast Repertory (SCR) is a professional theatre company located in Costa Mesa, California. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film which tells the story of an elderly woman who wants to return home to the small town where she grew up, but is frequently stopped from leaving Houston, Texas by the daughter-in-law who insists that there is not enough money... A one act play, or more commonly one act, or one-act, is a short play that takes place in one act or scene, as opposed to plays that take place over a number of scenes in one or more acts. ... Scarlett is a musical with a score by Harold Rome. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... A play by Horton Foote. ... The Goodman Theatre The Goodman Theatre is a theater in Chicagos Loop, and part of Chicago theatre. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Rip Torn (born February 6, 1931) is an American Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning television and film actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Artie on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show. ... Shirley Enola Knight, also known by her married name of Shirley Knight Hopkins, was born on July 5, 1936, to a wealthy family in Goessel, Kansas. ...

Screenwriting career

Foote received an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Screen Award for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962. His original screenplay Tender Mercies won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, as well as the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tender Mercies is a 1983 film which tells the story of an alcoholic country music singer whose friendship with a young widow and her son helps to turn his life and his career around. ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ...

His other film scripts include Baby the Rain Must Fall starring Steve McQueen and Lee Remick, which was based on his play The Travelling Lady. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan who had worked with Foote on To Kill a Mockingbird a few years earlier. Baby the Rain Must Fall is a 1965 Robert Mulligan film starring Lee Remick and Steve McQueen. ... Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool.[1] He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular anti-hero persona. ... Lee Remick Lee Remick (December 14, 1935 - July 2, 1991), was an American actress admired for her versality and her great beauty. ... Robert Mulligan (born August 23, 1925 in The Bronx, New York) is an American film and television director. ...

Foote generally wrote screenplays that were based on his plays, such as the semi-autobiographic trilogy of 1918 (1985), On Valentine's Day (1986) and Courtship (1987).

His screenplay for The Trip to Bountiful (1985) garnered him another Academy Award nomination. The film, in which star Geraldine Page won an Academy Award for Best Actress, was based on his 1953 television play that was later adapted for Broadway. The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film which tells the story of an elderly woman who wants to return home to the small town where she grew up, but is frequently stopped from leaving Houston, Texas by the daughter-in-law who insists that there is not enough money... Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924 - June 13, 1987) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated American actress. ...

He also adapted works by other authors such as John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men directed by and starring Gary Sinise with John Malkovich) and William Faulkner (a 1997 television adaptation of Old Man, for which Foote won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries or Special). He also adapted Faulkner's short story into the 1972 film Tomorrow starring Robert Duvall. Foote had originally adapted the story into a play before it was made into a film. Leonard Maltin, in his movie guide book, calls the movie the best film adaptation of any of Faulkner's work. John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ... The title is taken from Robert Burnss famous poem, To a Mouse, which is often quoted as: The best-laid plans of mice and men go oft awry (or astray). ... Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning, Golden Palm and Academy Award nominated American actor and film director. ... John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. ... William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. ... An Emmy Award. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award and four-time Golden Globe winning American film actor and director. ...

Playwright Lillian Hellman adapted his play for the 1966 film The Chase with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ... The Chase is a 1966 American, drama film directed by Arthur Penn who afterwards went on to direct Bonnie and Clyde (1967). ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ...

Honors

Foote holds an honorary doctorate from Carson-Newman College. One of Foote's primary biographers is Dr. Gerald Wood, chair of the English Departent at Carson-Newman College. Books by Wood about Foote include Horton Foote and the Theater of Intimacy and Horton Foote: A Casebook. Carson-Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, northeast of Knoxville. ...

Baylor University holds a semi-annual Horton Foote American Playwrights Festival. It was last held in 2005, where it was attended by literally tens of people. Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ...

Trivia

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His children are in show business: actors Horton Foote, Jr. and Hallie Foote; playwright Daisy Foote and director Walter Foote. All four have worked with their father in at least several projects. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

His cousin is actor-turned-director Peter Masterson, father of actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Peter Masterson (who starred in such films as The Exorcist and the original version of The Stepford Wives) has directed three screenplays that Foote has written: The Trip to Bountiful, Convicts and the Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of Lily Dale, which starred Mary Stuart Masterson. Peter Masterson (born June 1, 1934 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Peter Blatty first published in 1971. ... For the 1975 film see The Stepford Wives (1975 film), for the 2004 remake see The Stepford Wives (2004 film). ... The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film which tells the story of an elderly woman who wants to return home to the small town where she grew up, but is frequently stopped from leaving Houston, Texas by the daughter-in-law who insists that there is not enough money...

References

Horton Foote Jr. is no longer an actor like his sister, Barbara Hallie, but a restauranteur of Tavern on Jane and Tavern on Dean in New York City. Walter Foote has retired from his days as a director and is a commercial real estate attorney in Westchester County.

External links

• Horton Foote Society
• Articles on Horton Foote and Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards at South Coast Repertory
• Articles on Horton Foote and The Carpetbagger's Children at South Coast Repertory
• Open Directory Category