Contents
1 Early life 2 Television 3 Theater 4 Films
4.1 Academy Awards
5 Personal life 6 Stage plays 7 Original screenplays 8 Memoirs 9 References 10 Sources 11 External links
Early life[edit] Foote was born in Wharton, Texas, the son of Harriet Gautier "Hallie" Brooks (1894–1974) and Albert Horton Foote (1890–1973).[4] His younger brothers were Thomas Brooks Foote (1921–44), who died in aerial combat over Germany, and John Speed Foote (1923–95). Television[edit]
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Foote began as an actor after studying at the
Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse in
1931–32. After getting better reviews for plays he had written than
his acting, he focused on writing in the 1940s and became one of the
leading writers for television during the 1950s, beginning with an
episode of The Gabby Hayes Show.
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful premiered March
1, 1953 on NBC with the leading cast members (Lillian Gish, Eva Marie
Saint) reprising their roles on Broadway later that year.
Throughout the 1950s, Foote wrote for The Philco Television Playhouse,
The
United States
United States Steel Hour, Playhouse 90, Studio One, and Armchair
Theatre, among others. He continued into the 1960s with ITV Playhouse
and DuPont Show of the Month. He adapted William Faulkner's "Old Man"
to television twice, in 1959 and 1997; receiving
Emmy
Emmy nominations both
years and winning for the 1997 drama (Outstanding Writing of a
Miniseries or Special).
Theater[edit]
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Foote's plays were produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway,
Off-
Off-Broadway and at many regional theatres. He wrote the English
adaptation of the original Japanese book for the 1970 musical
Scarlett, a musical adaptation of Gone with the Wind.
He won the 1995
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Young Man From
Atlanta. The
Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre production that was presented on Broadway
in
New York City
New York City in 1997 was nominated for Best Play, but did not win.
The production starred Rip Torn,
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight and Biff McGuire.
Knight and McGuire were also nominated for Tony Awards.
In 1996, Foote was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[5]
In 2000, Foote was honored with the PEN/Laura Pels International
Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist.
His nine-play biographical series, mainly about his father, The
Orphans' Home Cycle (Roots in a Parched Ground, Convicts, Lily Dale,
The Widow Claire, Courtship, Valentine's Day, 1918, Cousins, and The
Death of Papa) ran in repertory off-Broadway in 2009–2010. The
combined productions received a
Special
Special
Drama Desk Award "To the cast,
creative team and producers of Horton Foote's epic The Orphans' Home
Cycle".[6] Parts of the series had been produced as separate plays
previously; Convicts, Lily Dale, Courtship, Valentine's Day and 1918
were filmed, the latter three being shown on PBS as a mini-series
titled The Story of A Marriage.
Films[edit]
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. Foote did not attend the Oscars ceremony because
he did not expect to win, and so was not present to collect the award
in person, however, it was accepted on his behalf by the film's
producer, Alan J. Pakula.[7]
Foote personally recommended actor
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall for the part of Boo
Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird after meeting him during a 1957
production of The Midnight Caller at
Neighborhood Playhouse
Neighborhood Playhouse in New
York City. The two would work together many more times in the future.
Foote has described Duvall as "our number one actor".[7]
Foote's script for the 1983 film
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies had been rejected by
many American film directors before Australian director Bruce
Beresford finally accepted it; Foote later said, "this film was turned
down by every American director on the face of the globe."[citation
needed]
The film received five
Academy Awards
Academy Awards nominations, including Best
Picture (which lost) and Best Original Screenplay (which Foote won).
Duvall won an Academy Award for his performance. Well aware of his
failure to attend the 1963 ceremony, Foote made sure to attend the
1984 ceremony. The film also earned Foote the Writers Guild of America
Award for Best Screenplay.[7]
His other film scripts include
Baby the Rain Must Fall
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
Robert Mulligan who had worked with
Foote on To Kill a Mockingbird a few years earlier.[citation needed]
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). 1918 and
On Valentine's Day
On Valentine's Day were shot on
location in Waxahachie, Texas. His screenplay for The Trip to
Bountiful (1985) attracted another Academy Award nomination with
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page winning an Academy Award for Best Actress.[8]
He also adapted works by other authors, such as
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (Of
Mice and Men directed by and starring
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise with John
Malkovich). In addition to Faulkner's "Old Man", he also adapted
Faulkner's short story Tomorrow into a 1972 film starring Robert
Duvall. Foote had previously adapted the story into a play. Leonard
Maltin, in his movie guide book, calls the movie the best film
adaptation of any of Faulkner's work. On the subject of Faulkner,
Foote said, "Faulkner I never met but evidently he liked [my
adaptations] because he's allowed me to share the dramatic copyrights
to both Old Man and Tomorrow ... So in other words, you have to
get both our permissions to do it."[9]
Playwright
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman adapted his play for the 1966 film The
Chase, with Marlon Brando,
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. Foote
provided the voice of
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis for Ken Burns' critically
acclaimed documentary,
The Civil War (PBS, 1990), and adaptations of
his plays The Habitation of Dragons (TNT, 1992) and Lily Dale
(Showtime, 1996) preceded the Showtime production of Horton Foote's
Alone (1997). His final work was the screenplay for Main Street, a
2010 dramatic film.[citation needed]
Foote was awarded an honorary doctorate from Carson-Newman College. He
received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Spalding
University (Louisville, Kentucky) in 1987. One of Foote's primary
biographers is Dr. Gerald Wood, chair of the English Department at
Carson-Newman College. Books by Wood about Foote include Horton Foote
and the Theater of Intimacy and Horton Foote: A Casebook. Baylor
University also holds close ties with Foote. In 2002, Foote accepted
the title as "Visiting Distinguished Dramatist" with the Baylor
Department of Theatre Arts.[citation needed]
Foote was the cousin of actor/director
Peter Masterson who directed
three of his screenplays, including The Trip to Bountiful, Convicts
and the Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of Lily Dale,
starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Peter's daughter. He was a third
cousin of Shelby Foote, an American historian and novelist who wrote
about the Civil War and who appeared in Ken Burns's PBS documentary
The Civil War in 1990.[10]
Tess Harper, an actress who worked with Foote on Tender Mercies,
described him as "America's Chekhov. If he didn't study the Russians,
he's a reincarnation of the Russians. He's a quiet man who writes
quiet people." Regarding his own writing, Foote said, "I know that
people think I have a certain style, but I think style is like the
color of the eyes. I don't know that you choose that."[7]
Academy Awards[edit]
To Kill a Mockingbird (winner) – Screenplay Adapted from Another
Medium (1962)
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (winner) – Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
(1983)
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful (nominee) – Screenplay Adapted from Another
Medium (1985)
Personal life[edit]
Foote was married to Lillian Vallish Foote (1923–1992)[11] from June
4, 1945 until her death in 1992. Their four children are actors Albert
Horton Foote III and Hallie Foote, playwright Daisy Brooks Foote, and
director Walter Vallish Foote. All have worked on projects with their
father.[citation needed]
Foote was introduced to
Christian Science
Christian Science while in California and went
on to become a dedicated member of the church. He served as a First
Reader in a branch church in Nyack, New York, and also taught Sunday
School for many years while living in New Hampshire.[12]
Foote was the voice of
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis in the 11-hour PBS series The
Civil War.
Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote wrote the comprehensive three volume,
3000-page history, together entitled The Civil War: A Narrative, upon
which the series was partially based and who appeared in almost ninety
segments. The two Footes are third cousins; their great-grandfathers
were brothers. "And while we didn't grow up together, we have become
friends; I was the voice of
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis in that TV series", Horton
Foote added proudly.[10]
Foote made an effort to employ lifelike language in his writing,
citing W. B. Yeats's work as an example of this realistic approach. In
an interview with playwright Stuart Spencer, Foote discusses his
writing and material: "I think there's certain things you don't
choose. I don't think that you can choose a style; I think a style
chooses you. I think that's almost an unconscious choice. And I don't
know that you can choose subject matter, really. I think that's almost
an unconscious choice. I have a theory that from the time you're 12
years old all your themes are kind of locked in.".[13]
The Fine Arts Building at the college located in Wharton, Texas,
Wharton County Junior College, is named the
Horton Foote Theatre. He
was known to be a large supporter of the arts in his hometown of
Wharton, Texas. A
Horton Foote Scholarship still exists at the school,
recognizing one student per year who excels in theatre.[14]
Stage plays[edit]
See the article on
The Orphans' Home Cycle for the series of nine
plays concerning Horace Robedaux (an alias for Horton Foote's father,
Albert
Horton Foote Sr.), Elizabeth Vaughn (his mother Harriet
Gauthier "Hallie" Brooks), and their extended families.
Wharton Dance (1940)
Texas Town (1941)
Only the Heart (1942)
Out of My House (1942)
Two Southern Idylls: Miss Lou / The Girls (1943)
The Lonely (1944)
Goodbye to Richmond (1944)
Daisy Lee (one-act) (1944)
Homecoming (1944)
In My Beginning (1944)
People in the Show (1944)
Return (1944)
Celebration (1950)
The Chase (1952) smd
The Traveling Lady (1954)
The Dancers (1954)
John Turner Davis (1956)
The Midnight Caller (1956)
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful (1962)
Roots in a Parched Ground (Orphans' Home cycle) (1962)
Tomorrow (1968)
Gone with the Wind (Author of book) (1972)
A Young Lady of Property (1976)
Night Seasons (1977)
Courtship (Orphans' Home cycle) (1978)
1918 (Orphans' Home cycle) (1979)
In a Coffin in Egypt (1980)
Valentine's Day (Orphans' Home cycle) (1980)
The Man Who Climbed the Pecan Trees (1981)
The Old Friends (1982)
The Roads to Home: Nightingale / The Dearest of Friends / Spring Dance
(1982)
The Land of the Astronauts (1983)
Cousins (Orphans' Home cycle) (1983)
The Road to the Graveyard (one-act) (1985)
Courtship/Valentine's Day (Orphans' Home cycle) (1985)
The One-Armed Man (1985)
The Prisoner's Song (1985)
Blind Date (one-act) (1985)
Convicts (Orphans' Home cycle) (1986)
The Widow Claire (Orphans' Home cycle) (1986)
Lily Dale (Orphans' Home cycle) (1986)
The Habitation of Dragons (1988)
The Death of Papa (Orphans' Home cycle) (1999)
Dividing the Estate
Dividing the Estate (1989)
Talking Pictures (1990)
Laura Dennis (1995)
The Young Man From Atlanta
The Young Man From Atlanta (1995)
The Day Emily Married (1996)
Vernon Early (1998)
The Last of the Thorntons (2000)
The Carpetbagger's Children (2001)
The Actor (2002)
Dividing the Estate
Dividing the Estate (2008)
Harrison, TX: Three Plays by
Horton Foote (2012)
Original screenplays[edit]
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies (1983)
Alone (1997)
Main Street (2009)
Memoirs[edit]
Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood (1999) Beginnings (2001)
References[edit]
^ Murphy, Kate. "Horton Foote". The New York Times. Retrieved
2017-06-15.
^ Review:Theater by Terry Teachout, "Infinite Meaning in the Details
of Ordinary Life", The Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2010, pg W5
^ Lifetime Honors –
National Medal of Arts
National Medal of Arts Archived March 4, 2010,
at the Wayback Machine.
^ "
Horton Foote Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved
2008-11-25.
^ "Theatre Hall of Fame 1996". Playbill.com. Archived from the
original on 2014-03-14.
^ Gans, Andrew."
Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; Ragtime and
Scottsboro Top List" Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine.
Playbill.com, May 3, 2010.
^ a b c d
Bruce Beresford (actor),
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall (actor), Horton Foote
(actor),
Tess Harper (actor), Gary Hertz (director) (2002-04-16).
Miracles & Mercies (Documentary). West Hollywood, California: Blue
Underground. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."THE 58TH ACADEMY
AWARDS: 1986", oscars.org; accessed 30 January 2018.
^ Spenser, Stuart."Horton Foote", BOMBsite.com, Spring 1986.
^ a b
Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote (2015-04-13). The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1:
Fort Sumter to Perryville. FindArticles.com. Retrieved
2017-06-15.
^ "RootsWeb: Database Index". Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved
2017-06-15.
^
Christian Science
Christian Science Journal (July 2006 Interview), Volume 124, Issue
7; accessed June 15, 2016.
^ Spencer, Stuart. "Horton Foote",
BOMB Magazine
BOMB Magazine (Spring 1986)];
retrieved 2012-11-26.
^ "Scholarship Info". Wcjc.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
Sources[edit]
Hampton, Wilborn (2009). Horton Foote: America's Storyteller. New York: Free Press. Haynes, Robert W. (2010). The Major Plays of Horton Foote: The Trip to Bountiful, The Young Man from Atlanta, and The Orphans' Home Cycle. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. Castleberry, Marion. 2014. Blessed Assurance: The Life and Art of Horton Foote. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.
External links[edit]
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Horton Foote at the
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Broadway Database
Horton Foote on IMDb
Horton Foote at the Internet
Off-Broadway Database
Horton Foote Society
Horton Foote interview video at the Archive of American Television
Horton Foote at Find a Grave
Program for Horton Foote's Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards at
South Coast Repertory
Program from Horton Foote's The Carpetbagger's Children at South Coast
Repertory
Horton Foote at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
Obituary in the Star-Gazette
Interview with Horton Foote, from the Texas Archive of the Moving
Image
Interview with Horton Foote, December 11, 2001 . University of Texas
at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures: Oral History Collection,
UA 15.01, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special
Collections.
v t e
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1940–1960
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (1940)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz and
Orson Welles
Orson Welles (1941)
Michael Kanin
Michael Kanin and
Ring Lardner Jr.
Ring Lardner Jr. (1942)
Norman Krasna (1943)
Lamar Trotti (1944)
Richard Schweizer (1945)
Muriel Box and
Sydney Box (1946)
Sidney Sheldon (1947)
No award (1948)
Robert Pirosh (1949)
Charles Brackett,
D. M. Marshman Jr. and
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (1950)
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (1951)
T. E. B. Clarke (1952)
Charles Brackett,
Richard L. Breen and
Walter Reisch (1953)
Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg (1954)
Sonya Levien and
William Ludwig (1955)
Albert Lamorisse
Albert Lamorisse (1956)
George Wells (1957)
Nathan E. Douglas and
Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin,
Russell Rouse and Stanley Shapiro
(1959)
I. A. L. Diamond and
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (1960)
1961–1980
William Inge
William Inge (1961)
Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, and
Alfredo Giannetti (1962)
James Webb (1963)
Peter Stone and
Frank Tarloff (1964)
Frederic Raphael (1965)
Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch and
Pierre Uytterhoeven (1966)
William Rose (1967)
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (1968)
William Goldman
William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and
Edmund H. North (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
David S. Ward
David S. Ward (1973)
Robert Towne
Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson
Frank Pierson (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman (1977)
Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, and
Nancy Dowd (1978)
Steve Tesich
Steve Tesich (1979)
Bo Goldman
Bo Goldman (1980)
1981–2000
Colin Welland (1981)
John Briley (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Robert Benton (1984)
William Kelley,
Pamela Wallace and
Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ronald Bass and
Barry Morrow (1988)
Tom Schulman (1989)
Bruce Joel Rubin (1990)
Callie Khouri
Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary
Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck and
Matt Damon
Matt Damon (1997)
Marc Norman and
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe (2000)
2001–present
Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Pierre Bismuth,
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry and
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody
Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal
Mark Boal (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr.,
and Armando Bo (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele (2017)
v t e
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1928–1950
Benjamin Glazer (1928)
Hanns Kräly (1929)
Frances Marion
Frances Marion (1930)
Howard Estabrook
Howard Estabrook (1931)
Edwin J. Burke (1932)
Victor Heerman
Victor Heerman and
Sarah Y. Mason
Sarah Y. Mason (1933)
Robert Riskin
Robert Riskin (1934)
Dudley Nichols (1935)
Pierre Collings
Pierre Collings and
Sheridan Gibney (1936)
Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and
Norman Reilly Raine
Norman Reilly Raine (1937)
Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard
Shaw (1938)
Sidney Howard
Sidney Howard (1939)
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart (1940)
Sidney Buchman and
Seton I. Miller (1941)
George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis
(1942)
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and
Howard E. Koch (1943)
Frank Butler, and Frank Cavett (1944)
Charles Brackett and
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (1945)
Robert Sherwood (1946)
George Seaton
George Seaton (1947)
John Huston
John Huston (1948)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
1951–1975
Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951)
Charles Schnee (1952)
Daniel Taradash (1953)
George Seaton
George Seaton (1954)
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1955)
John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and
James Poe (1956)
Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957)
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
Neil Paterson (1959)
Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks (1960)
Abby Mann (1961)
Horton Foote (1962)
John Osborne
John Osborne (1963)
Edward Anhalt (1964)
Robert Bolt (1965)
Robert Bolt (1966)
Stirling Silliphant (1967)
James Goldman (1968)
Waldo Salt (1969)
Ring Lardner Jr.
Ring Lardner Jr. (1970)
Ernest Tidyman (1971)
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and
Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo (1972)
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty (1973)
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and
Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo (1974)
Bo Goldman
Bo Goldman and
Lawrence Hauben (1975)
1976–2000
William Goldman
William Goldman (1976)
Alvin Sargent (1977)
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone (1978)
Robert Benton (1979)
Alvin Sargent (1980)
Ernest Thompson
Ernest Thompson (1981)
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras and
Donald E. Stewart (1982)
James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks (1983)
Peter Shaffer (1984)
Kurt Luedtke (1985)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci and
Mark Peploe (1987)
Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton (1988)
Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry (1989)
Michael Blake (1990)
Ted Tally (1991)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992)
Steven Zaillian (1993)
Eric Roth (1994)
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson (1995)
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (1996)
Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson and
Brian Helgeland (1997)
Bill Condon (1998)
John Irving
John Irving (1999)
Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan (2000)
2001–present
Akiva Goldsman
Akiva Goldsman (2001)
Ronald Harwood (2002)
Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry and
Diana Ossana (2005)
William Monahan
William Monahan (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009)
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and
Nat Faxon
Nat Faxon (2011)
Chris Terrio (2012)
John Ridley
John Ridley (2013)
Graham Moore (2014)
Adam McKay
Adam McKay and
Charles Randolph (2015)
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins and
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
James Ivory
James Ivory (2017)
v t e
Primetime
Emmy
Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series,
Movie, or Dramatic Special
Michael Mann
Michael Mann and Patrick Nolan (1979)
David Chase
David Chase (1980)
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (1981)
Barry Morrow (1982)
Marshall Herskovitz
Marshall Herskovitz and
Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick (1983)
William Hanley (1984)
Vickie Patik (1985)
Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman,
Sherman Yellen and David Butler (1986)
Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and
Richard Friedenberg (1987)
William Hanley (1988)
Ron Hutchison,
Abby Mann and Robin Vote (1989)
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally (1990)
Andrew Davies (1991)
Joshua Brand and
John Falsey (1992)
Jane Anderson (1993)
Bob Randall (1994)
Alison Cross (1995)
Simon Moore (1996)
Horton Foote (1997)
Kario Salem (1998)
Ann Peacock (1999)
David Mills and
David Simon
David Simon (2000)
Loring Mandel (2001)
Larry Ramin and
Hugh Whitemore (2002)
William H. Macy
William H. Macy and
Steven Schachter (2003)
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner (2004)
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005)
Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis (2006)
Frank Deasy (2007)
Kirk Ellis (2008)
Andrew Davies (2009)
Adam Mazer (2010)
Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes (2011)
Danny Strong
Danny Strong (2012)
Abi Morgan (2013)
Steven Moffat
Steven Moffat (2014)
Jane Anderson (2015)
D.V. DeVincentis (2016)
Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker (2017)
v t e
Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
Horton Foote (1985)
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone (1986)
Neal Jimenez (1987)
Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (1988)
Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
Charles Burnett (1990)
Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant (1991)
Neal Jimenez (1992)
Robert Altman
Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993)
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino and
Roger Avary
Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith (1997)
Don Roos
Don Roos (1998)
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Mike White (2002)
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Dan Futterman (2005)
Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman (2006)
Tamara Jenkins
Tamara Jenkins (2007)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (2008)
Scott Neustadter
Scott Neustadter and
Michael H. Weber (2009)
Stuart Blumberg and
Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and
Nat Faxon
Nat Faxon (2011)
David O. Russell
David O. Russell (2012)
John Ridley
John Ridley (2013)
Dan Gilroy
Dan Gilroy (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins and
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig (2017)
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Authors
Jesse Lynch Williams (1918)
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill (1920)
Zona Gale
Zona Gale (1921)
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill (1922)
Owen Davis
Owen Davis (1923)
Hatcher Hughes (1924)
Sidney Howard
Sidney Howard (1925)
George Kelly (1926)
Paul Green (1927)
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill (1928)
Elmer Rice
Elmer Rice (1929)
Marc Connelly
Marc Connelly (1930)
Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell (1931)
George S. Kaufman,
Morrie Ryskind and
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin (1932)
Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell Anderson (1933)
Sidney Kingsley
Sidney Kingsley (1934)
Zoe Akins
Zoe Akins (1935)
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood (1936)
Moss Hart
Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman (1937)
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder (1938)
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood (1939)
William Saroyan
William Saroyan (1940)
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood (1941)
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder (1943)
Mary Chase (1945)
Russel Crouse and
Howard Lindsay (1946)
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams (1948)
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (1949)
Richard Rodgers,
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II and
Joshua Logan (1950)
Joseph Kramm (1952)
William Inge
William Inge (1953)
John Patrick (1954)
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams (1955)
Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett and
Frances Goodrich (1956)
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill (1957)
Ketti Frings (1958)
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish (1959)
Jerome Weidman, George Abbott,
Jerry Bock
Jerry Bock and
Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Harnick (1960)
Tad Mosel
Tad Mosel (1961)
Frank Loesser
Frank Loesser and
Abe Burrows
Abe Burrows (1962)
Frank D. Gilroy (1965)
Edward Albee
Edward Albee (1967)
Howard Sackler (1969)
Charles Gordone (1970)
Paul Zindel
Paul Zindel (1971)
Jason Miller (1973)
Edward Albee
Edward Albee (1975)
Michael Bennett, Nicholas Dante, James Kirkwood Jr., Marvin Hamlisch
and
Edward Kleban (1976)
Michael Cristofer
Michael Cristofer (1977)
Donald L. Coburn (1978)
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard (1979)
Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson (1980)
Beth Henley (1981)
Charles Fuller (1982)
Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman (1983)
David Mamet
David Mamet (1984)
James Lapine
James Lapine and
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim (1985)
August Wilson
August Wilson (1987)
Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry (1988)
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (1989)
August Wilson
August Wilson (1990)
Neil Simon
Neil Simon (1991)
Robert Schenkkan
Robert Schenkkan (1992)
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner (1993)
Edward Albee
Edward Albee (1994)
Horton Foote (1995)
Jonathan Larson (1996)
Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel (1998)
Margaret Edson (1999)
Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (2000)
David Auburn (2001)
Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks (2002)
Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz (2003)
Doug Wright (2004)
John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley (2005)
David Lindsay-Abaire (2007)
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts (2008)
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (2009)
Tom Kitt and
Brian Yorkey (2010)
Bruce Norris (2011)
Quiara Alegría Hudes (2012)
Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar (2013)
Annie Baker
Annie Baker (2014)
Stephen Adly Guirgis (2015)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage (2017)
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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
Original Drama (1969–1983, retired)
William Goldman
William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola and
Edmund H. North (1970)
Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
Steve Shagan (1973)
Robert Towne
Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson
Frank Pierson (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Arthur Laurents
Arthur Laurents (1977)
Nancy Dowd,
Robert C. Jones and
Waldo Salt (1978)
Mike Gray,
T. S. Cook and
James Bridges (1979)
Bo Goldman
Bo Goldman (1980)
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty and
Trevor Griffiths (1981)
Melissa Mathison
Melissa Mathison (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Original Comedy (1969–1983, retired)
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
Neil Simon
Neil Simon (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman and
Robert Benton (1972)
Melvin Frank and Jack Rose (1973)
Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman,
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor and Alan
Uger (1974)
Robert Towne
Robert Towne and
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty (1975)
Bill Lancaster
Bill Lancaster (1976)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman (1977)
Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart and
Sheldon Keller (1978)
Steve Tesich
Steve Tesich (1979)
Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller and
Charles Shyer
Charles Shyer (1980)
Steve Gordon (1981)
Don McGuire,
Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart and
Murray Schisgal (1982)
Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek (1983)
Original Screenplay (1984–present)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (1984)
William Kelley and
Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ron Shelton (1988)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (1989)
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson (1990)
Callie Khouri
Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion
Jane Campion (1993)
Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis (1994)
Randall Wallace (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks and
Mark Andrus (1997)
Marc Norman and
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes (2001)
Michael Moore
Michael Moore (2002)
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody
Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal
Mark Boal (2009)
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan (2010)
Woody Allen
Woody Allen (2011)
Mark Boal
Mark Boal (2012)
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze (2013)
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson and
Hugo Guinness (2014)
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer (2015)
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins and
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele (2017)
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