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, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975) were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
Filmography
all 21
Movies 16
Writer 15
TV Shows 5
Producer 3
self 1
Writer
Joe Bell (2020)
Movie
Writer
Survival Of The Hitman (2010)
Movie
Writer / Producer
Comanche Moon (2008)
TV
5
Screenplay / Executive Producer
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Movie
6.93
Writer
Johnson County War (2002)
Movie
Writer
The Evening Star (1996)
Movie
Teleplay / Novel / Teleplay / Novel / Writer
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
TV
6
Creator / Novel / Teleplay / Executive Producer / Novel / Teleplay
Streets of Laredo (1995)
TV
2
Writer
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Movie
Writer
Falling from Grace (1992)
Movie
Writer
Memphis (1992)
Movie
Self
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)
Movie
Writer
Texasville (1990)
Movie
Writer
Montana (1990)
Movie
Novel
Lonesome Dove (1989)
TV
4.75
Story
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
TV
Writer
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Movie
6.75
Writer
Lovin' Molly (1974)
Movie
Writer
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Movie
4.25
Writer
Hud (1963)
Movie
6
Writer
Terms of Endearment
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.15
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1963
1989
1992
1995
2020
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1936-06-03
Deathday2021-03-25 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceArcher City, United States of America
ChildrenJames McMurtry
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesTexas · Archer City · Wichita Falls, United States of America
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal, 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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