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Larry McMurtry

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Born: 1936-06-03
Died: 2021-03-25
From: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

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).

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 9 nominated

🏆 Won

National Humanities Medal

2014
🏆 Won

Carl Sandburg Literary Award

2014
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
🏆 Won

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
Nominated

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2006
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
Nominated

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain

2005
🏆 Won

Spur Award for Best Novel of the West

Comanche Moon

1998
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
🏆 Won

Helmerich Award

1986
Nominated

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Lonesome Dove

1986
🏆 Won

Spur Award for Best Western Novel

Lonesome Dove

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

The Last Picture Show

1972
🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

Acting2 titles

Picture This
9.5
Movie

Picture This

1991Documentary
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
7.7
Movie

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

1999Documentary

Writing18 titles

Memphis
8.0
Movie

Memphis

1992Thriller
Lonesome Dove
7.9
Series

Lonesome Dove

1989Drama
Brokeback Mountain
7.8
Movie

Brokeback Mountain

2005Drama
The Last Picture Show
7.6
Movie

The Last Picture Show

1971Drama
Hud
7.2
Movie

Hud

1963Drama
Terms of Endearment
7.1
Movie

Terms of Endearment

1983Drama
Comanche Moon
7.1
Series

Comanche Moon

2008Drama
Buffalo Girls
6.5
Movie

Buffalo Girls

1995Action
Joe Bell
6.5
Movie

Joe Bell

2020Drama
Streets of Laredo
6.3
Series

Streets of Laredo

1995Action
The Murder of Mary Phagan
6.2
Series

The Murder of Mary Phagan

1988Drama
Montana
6.1
Movie

Montana

1990Action
Texasville
6.0
Movie

Texasville

1990Drama
The Evening Star
6.0
Movie

The Evening Star

1996Comedy
Dead Man's Walk
6.0
Series

Dead Man's Walk

1996Action
Johnson County War
5.5
Movie

Johnson County War

2002Action
Falling from Grace
5.0
Movie

Falling from Grace

1992Drama
Lovin' Molly
4.9
Movie

Lovin' Molly

1974Romance

Production4 titles

Brokeback Mountain
7.8
Movie

Brokeback Mountain

2005Drama
Comanche Moon
7.1
Series

Comanche Moon

2008Drama
Joe Bell
6.5
Movie

Joe Bell

2020Drama
Streets of Laredo
6.3
Series

Streets of Laredo

1995Action

Creator1 title

Streets of Laredo
6.3
Series

Streets of Laredo

1995Action