Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1916)

Horton Foote

American playwright and screenwriter (1916-2009)

Albert Horton Foote Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and the film, Tender Mercies (1983). He was also known for his notable live television…