Larry McMurtry

Known for WritingBorn 1936-06-03Died 2021-03-25Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Picture This

Memphis

Brokeback Mountain

Lonesome Dove

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

The Last Picture Show

Comanche Moon

Terms of Endearment

Hud

Joe Bell

Buffalo Girls

Streets of Laredo

The Murder of Mary Phagan

Montana

Dead Man's Walk

The Evening Star

Texasville

Johnson County War

Falling from Grace

Lovin' Molly

Texas: America Supersized

Terms of Endearment