---
name: "Larry McMurtry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-mcmurtry"
fi1m_id: "larry-mcmurtry"
imdb_id: "nm0573505"
tmdb_id: 1807
wikidata_id: "Q611672"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 June 1936"
died: "25 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T14:59:39.543400+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Larry McMurtry

## Identity

Larry McMurtry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larry-mcmurtry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larry-mcmurtry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0573505
- **TMDB ID:** 1807
- **Wikidata ID:** Q611672
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611672, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1807

Writer. Born 3 June 1936 in Уичито-Фолс, Техас, США. Died 25 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 June 1936, Уичито-Фолс, Техас, США
- **Died:** 25 March 2021
- **Active:** 1963–2005
- **Also known as:** Larry Jeff McMurtry
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 89 (1), 1980s 81 (1), 2000s 92 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $326m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611672, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1807

## Biography

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was an American novelist, essayist and screenwriter. His novels include *Horseman, Pass By* (1961), *The Last Picture Show* (1966) and *Terms of Endearment* (1975), all of which were adapted into films. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for *Lonesome Dove* (1985), which was adapted into a television miniseries in 1989.

With his longtime writing partner Diana Ossana, McMurtry wrote the screenplay for *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), adapted from a short story by Annie Proulx. The film earned eight Academy Award nominations, including the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which McMurtry and Ossana won. He also worked as an antiquarian bookseller.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Fi1m 81, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Fi1m 89, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Hud* (1963), Fi1m 86, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Joe Bell* (2020), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Comanche Moon* (2008), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Johnson County War* (2002), Teleplay
- *The Evening Star* (1996), Author
- *Dead Man's Walk* (1996), series, Writer, Novel, Teleplay
- *Streets of Laredo* (1995), series, Novel, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Buffalo Girls* (1995), Writer
- *Falling from Grace* (1992), Screenplay
- *Memphis* (1992), Teleplay
- *Texasville* (1990), Novel
- *Montana* (1990), Writer
- *Lonesome Dove* (1989), series, Novel
- *The Murder of Mary Phagan* (1988), series, Story
- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Novel — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *Lovin' Molly* (1974), Novel
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Hud* (1963), Novel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *Terms of Endearment*, Novel

## Gallery

- ![Larry McMurtry](https://film.one/media/person/98734/gallery-66944ada113a.png) Larry McMurtry — Douglas Peel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Larry_McMurtry_Photo_Last_Picture_Show_1966.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Larry McMurtry](https://film.one/media/person/98734/gallery-373231d85813.jpg) Larry McMurtry — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2006: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Brokeback Mountain*
- 1972: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Last Picture Show*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2006: Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Brokeback Mountain*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2005: Best Screenplay (won), for *Brokeback Mountain*

### Other awards — 7 won, 3 nominated

- Carl Sandburg Literary Award 2014: Carl Sandburg Literary Award (won)
- National Humanities Medal 2014: National Humanities Medal (won)
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2006: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Brokeback Mountain*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2005: Best Original and Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Brokeback Mountain*
- Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Brokeback Mountain*
- Spur Award for Best Novel of the West 1998: Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (won), for *Comanche Moon*
- Helmerich Award 1986: Helmerich Award (won)
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 1986: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (nominated), for *Lonesome Dove*
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1986: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (won), for *Lonesome Dove*
- Spur Award for Best Western Novel 1985: Spur Award for Best Western Novel (won), for *Lonesome Dove*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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