Born in Knoxville, TN. Noted American author whose early death from a heart attack at age 45 and posthumously published works elevated him to the mythic status of romantic literary hero-victim. Agee's best known books include the compelling documentary collaboration with photographer Walker Evans, LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN (1941) which chronicled the hard lives of Alabama sharecroppers, and the autobiographical, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Death in the Family, posthumously published in 1957. As a film critic, Agee made a name for himself with his intelligent, elegant prose in Time and The Nation during the 1940s. In 1948 he gave up reviewing to co-write John Huston's THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) and to script on his own the bizarre cult favorite, Charles Laughton's THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955). The two-volume Agee on Film -- the first part (1958) containing his acclaimed film criticism, the second (1960) his screenplays -- was published posthumously. "All the Way Home," Tad Mosel's Pulitzer Prize-winning stage adaptation of A Death in the Family, was presented on Broadway in 1961 and later served as the basis for the film version in 1963 and TV versions in 1971 and 1981; Robert W. Lenski adapted the novel directly for Gil Cates' TV movie in 2002.  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1951: THE AFRICAN QUEEN (w. John Huston) 1 nomination