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.

Filmography

• 2015Bessie — Story
• 2014The Trip to Bountiful — Writer
• 2010Main Street — Screenplay
• 1997Alone — Writer
• 1997Old Man — Teleplay
• 1996Lily Dale — Old Horace (voice), Theatre Play, Screenplay
• 1992Of Mice and Men — Screenplay
• 1992The Habitation of Dragons — Writer
• 1991Convicts — Writer
• The Civil War — Jefferson Davis (voice)
• 1987Courtship — Screenplay
• 1986Almutaradat Al'akhira — Story
• 1986On Valentine's Day — Screenplay
• 19851918 — Writer
• 1985The Trip to Bountiful — Screenplay, Producer
• 1983Keeping On — Writer
• 1983Tender Mercies — Writer, Co-Producer
• American Playhouse — Writer, Theatre Play, Screenplay
• 1980Barn Burning — Teleplay
• 1977The Displaced Person — Teleplay
• 1972Tomorrow — Screenplay
• 1967Hurry Sundown — Screenplay
• 1966The Chase — Theatre Play, Novel
• 1965Baby the Rain Must Fall — Theatre Play, Screenplay
• 1962To Kill a Mockingbird — Screenplay
• 1960The Shape of the River — Writer
• 1958Old Man — Teleplay
• Armchair Theatre — Writer
• 1955Storm Fear — Writer
• 1953The Trip to Bountiful — Teleplay
• Goodyear Television Playhouse — Writer
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Director

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1998Fearful Symmetry — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self