Biography
Born in Texas and raised in Kentucky, writer/director Callie Khouri dropped out of Purdue University in order to move to Los Angeles. She waited tables and studied acting at the Strasburg Institute before getting a job with a music video production company. As a secretary, she managed to write her first screenplay, Thelma & Louise. Directed by
Ridley Scott and starring
Geena Davis and
Susan Sarandon, the 1991 film was critically acclaimed Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. In 1995, she wrote the romantic comedy
Something to Talk About, directed by
Lasse Hallström and starring
Julia Roberts. She made her directorial debut with her third screenplay,
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, an adaptation of two popular novels by Rebecca Wells. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide