Biography
Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries, his novels Horseman, By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and of Endearment (1975) were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
Filmography
all 22
Movies 17
Writer 9
TV Shows 5
Producer 4
self 2
Screenplay 1
Writer / Executive Producer
Joe Bell (2020)
Movie
Writer / Producer
Comanche Moon (2008)
TV
5
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Movie
6.93
Novel / Teleplay / Writer / Novel / Teleplay
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
TV
6
Creator / Novel / Teleplay / Executive Producer / Teleplay / Novel
Streets of Laredo (1995)
TV
2
Writer
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Movie
Writer
Memphis (1992)
Movie
Novel
Texasville (1990)
Movie
Writer
Montana (1990)
Movie
Writer
Lovin' Molly (1974)
Movie
Screenplay / Novel
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Movie
4.25
Novel
Hud (1963)
Movie
6
Writer
of Endearment
Movie
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-06-03
Deathday
2021-03-25 (84 years old)
Birth Name
Larry Jeff McMurtry
Birth Place
Archer City, United States
Children
James McMurtry
Citizenships
United States of America
Residences
Wichita Falls, United States of America, Texas · Archer City, United States
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Humanities Medal, Guggenheim Fellowship, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Helmerich Award, Spur Award for Best Novel of the West, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Carl Sandburg Literary Award
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