Callie Khouri
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Raised in Texas and Kentucky by her doctor father and mother. Went to
Purdue University to study landscape architecture but switched to
drama. Moved to Nashville after college to be with her family before
heading to Los Angeles in 1982 to study at the Strasburg Institute.
Worked for a commercials production company as a receptionist before
taking a position with them as a music video production assistant.
While working at the office, she began work on what would eventually
become Thelma & Louise (1991), writing the script in longhand at home and then
retyping it on the job.
