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Larry McMurtry

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born June 3, 1936Died March 25, 2021 (84 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Lonesome Dove
  • Streets of Laredo
  • Dead Man's Walk
  • Buffalo Girls

Known For

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Last Picture Show
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Hud
  • Lonesome Dove
  • Joe Bell
  • The Evening Star
  • Texasville
  • Streets of Laredo
  • Dead Man's Walk
  • Comanche Moon
  • Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
  • Buffalo Girls
  • Falling from Grace
  • The Murder of Mary Phagan
  • Lovin' Molly
  • Montana

Larry McMurtry Filmography

2020
2008
Comanche Moon (TV Series)
2005
Brokeback Mountain · as Screenplay
1996
1995
1995
Buffalo Girls (TV Series) · as Novel
1992
Falling from Grace · as Screenplay
1990
Texasville · as Novel
1990
1989
Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Novel
1983
1974
Lovin' Molly · as Novel
1971
The Last Picture Show · as Screenplay
1963
Hud · as Novel

2020
Joe Bell · as Executive Producer
2008
Comanche Moon (TV Series)
2005
Brokeback Mountain · as Executive Producer
1996
Dead Man's Walk (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1995
Streets of Laredo (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2002
Johnson County War · as Teleplay
1996
The Evening Star · as Author
1995
Streets of Laredo (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1994
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (TV Series) · as Based Upon The Characters Created By: From His Novel 'lonesome Dove'
1992
Memphis · as Teleplay
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan (TV Series) · as Story

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