About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1936-06-03
Place of birth:
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Website:
N/A

Larry McMurtry

Overview

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).

Known for

Acting
1991 Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas Actor Self 59
Average

Writing
2020 Joe Bell Writing Writer 60
Fair
2008 Comanche Moon Writing Writer 69
Fair
2005 Brokeback Mountain Writing Screenplay 76
Good
2002 Johnson County War Writing Teleplay 59
Average
1996 The Evening Star Writing Author 58
Average
1996 Dead Man's Walk Writing Teleplay 68
Fair
1996 Dead Man's Walk Writing Novel 68
Fair
1995 Streets of Laredo Writing Novel 67
Fair
1995 Streets of Laredo Writing Teleplay 67
Fair
1995 Buffalo Girls Writing Writer 59
Average
1992 Falling from Grace Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1992 Memphis Writing Teleplay N/A
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1990 Texasville Writing Novel 58
Average
1990 Montana Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Lonesome Dove Writing Novel 75
Good
1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan Writing Story 68
Fair
1983 Terms of Endearment Writing Novel 66
Fair
1974 Lovin' Molly Writing Novel 58
Average
1971 The Last Picture Show Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1971 The Last Picture Show Writing Novel 68
Fair
1963 Hud Writing Novel 63
Fair
Terms of Endearment Writing Novel N/A
N/A

Production
2020 Joe Bell Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2008 Comanche Moon Production Producer 69
Fair
2005 Brokeback Mountain Production Executive Producer 76
Good
1995 Streets of Laredo Production Executive Producer 67
Fair