* 1909 Knoxville - † 16.5.1955 New York.

Journalist. Melodieuze, ritmische gedichten (Permit me Voyage, 1934). Hij schreef op verzoek van Forttune Magazine een studie over 'arme blanken' in Alabama gedurende de wereldcrisis. Het werd geweigerd en verscheen als boek Let us now praise famous men (1941). Daarna psychologische romans: The morning watch (1951); A death in the family (1958; waarvan 1961 toneelbewerking: All the way home); verder Agee on film (2 dIn. 1958-60; verzameling internationaal befaamde filmkritieken)  Agees innerlijke verscheurdheid komt sterk tot uiting in Letters to Father Flye (1962).

Noted American author whose early death 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.

1949   THE QUIET ONE                          dialogue, commentary

1951   THE AFRICAN QUEEN                   screenwriter

Onder:The African queen – film.

1952   THE BRIDE COMES TO YELLOW SKY         co-screenwriter, performer                                    

1952   CRIN BLANC LE CHEVAL SAUVAGE

                                screenwriter, commentary— English-language version

1952   FACE TO FACE                                            screenwriter, performer

1952   GENGHIS KHAN                    commentary— English-language version

1952   IN THE STREET                                                                 director

1955   GREEN MAGIC                       

                                screenwriter, commentary— English-language version

1955 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER          screenwriter                                                                                     

1963   ALL THE WAY HOME                                                       from play