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 ...more
- 1991
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Screenplay
- Thelma & Louise
- win
- 1991
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Screenplay
- Thelma & Louise
- win
- 1991
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Original Screenplay
- Thelma & Louise
- nom
- 2008
- Mad Money
- Director
- 2008
- Mad Money
- Producer
- 2002
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Director
- 2002
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Screenwriter
- 1995
- Something to Talk About
- Screenwriter










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