Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote passed away today at 92-years-old.
Foote wrote screenplays like the the Academy Award-winning “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Oscar-nominated script “Tender Mercies.” He won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Young Man From Atlanta,” and was celebrated for his nine-play series, “The Orphans’ Home.” Read more in his NY Times obituary.
Here’s a bit from Foote’s literary biography: “Foote is one of America’s most respected writers for stage and screen. The deep compassion he shows for his characters, the moral vision that infuses his social commentary, and the kindness and humanity that Foote himself radiates have also made him one of our most revered artists–the father-figure who understands our longings for home, for human connections, and for certainty in a world largely bereft of these.”