Horton Foote
Writer · 1916 – 2009
Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television dramas produced during the Golden Age of Television.
Movies2
Movie3.7DramaTV MovieIn 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.
Lily Dale
1996 · 3 votes
Movie5.2DocumentaryA documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Fearful Symmetry
1998 · 5 votes
Series2
TV6.8Talk ShowThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · 12 votes
TV7.9DocumentaryWar & PoliticsA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War
1990 · 134 votes