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Horton Foote

American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)

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Born
March 14, 1916
Died
March 4, 2009
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1916

About Horton Foote

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. Foote received the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play The Young Man from Atlanta. He was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award. In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 1997 Foote won Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries or Special). He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Young Man From Atlanta. Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.

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Horton Foote timeline

  1. He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Young Man From Atlanta.
  2. In 1997 Foote won Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries or Special).

The world when Horton Foote was born

Horton Foote was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Horton Foote's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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