Horton Foote
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Horton Foote was an American playwright and screenwriter renowned for his intimate, character-driven dramas and his Academy Award–winning adaptations, including the screenplay for "To Kill a Mockingbird."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horton Foote canonical | 6 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
dramatist
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human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ Writers Guild of America Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Tender Mercies" NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "The Young Man from Atlanta" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
New York City
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Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-03-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-03-04 ⓘ |
| familyName | Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Albert Horton Foote Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName |
Albert
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Horton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | American Theater Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Southern Gothic literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Hallie Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Tender Mercies
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The Orphans’ Home Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trip to Bountiful NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Man from Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ To Kill a Mockingbird (screenplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
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screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wharton, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hartford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySettingOfWorks | small-town Texas ⓘ |
| spouse | Lillian Vallish Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical studies on American regional drama ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
character-driven
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intimate realism ⓘ |
| wrote |
The Orphans’ Home Cycle (plays)
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The Trip to Bountiful (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trip to Bountiful (teleplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Man from Atlanta (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Tender Mercies (1983 film)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Chase (1966 film)
subject surface form:
The Trip to Bountiful (1953 teleplay)