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Acclaimed screenwriter, publisher, and photographer Bill Wittliff was born in 1940 in the small South Texas town of Taft. Wittliff's many talents including a gift for telling stories on screen. His screenplays included The Black Stallion, Legends of the Fall, and the film adaptation of Willie Nelson’s album Red Headed Stranger. His 1989 television adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove earned him the Writers Guild of America Award. Despite his success in Hollywood, Wittliff remained a proud Texan until his death in 2019. His legacy lives on in the remarkable archive he and his wife Sally established at Texas State University in San Marcos. The Wittliff Collections, as the archive is now known, collects and preserves the literature, photography, and music of the greater Southwest, promoting the region’s importance and influence within the wider world. More»