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Callie Khouri is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American born on 27 november 1957 at San Antonio (USA)

Callie Khouri

Callie Khouri
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Birth name Carolyn Ann Khouri
Nationality USA
Birth 27 november 1957 (66 years) at San Antonio (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award

Callie Khouri (born November 27, 1957, as Carolyn Ann Khouri) is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. In 1992 she won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for the film Thelma & Louise, which was controversial upon its release because of its progressive representation of gender politics but which subsequently became a classic. On October 10, 2012, Khouri's television series, Nashville, premiered on ABC. The critics awarded it strong reviews.

Biography

Carolyn Ann (Callie) Khouri naît à San Antonio au Texas et est élevée au Kentucky au sein d'une famille arabe chrétienne libanaise. Elle commence à s'intéresser au théâtre en participant aux pièces de théâtre de son lycée. Après sa scolarité au lycée St Mary à Paducah au Kentucky, elle étudie l'architecture paysagère à la Purdue University avant de s'orienter en arts dramatiques. Elle abandonne la Purdue University et déménage à Los Angeles en Californie où elle devient serveuse. Elle étudie au Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute et suit les enseignements d'actrice de Peggy Feury. Elle réalise alors qu'être actrice n'est pas son destin.

En 1985, elle fait ses premiers pas vers la production de films en occupant un poste d'assistante de production de vidéos commerciales et de vidéos musicales. De 1996 à 1998, Callie Khouri siège au conseil d'administration de la Writers Guild of America.

Best films

Thelma & Louise (1991)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
(1 films)
John Bailey
John Bailey
(2 films)
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
(2 films)
Lisa Dean
Lisa Dean
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Callie Khouri (5 films)

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Actress

Director

Mad Money
Mad Money (2008)
, 1h44
Directed by Callie Khouri
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Roger Cross, Adam Rothenberg
Rating59% 2.9581652.9581652.9581652.9581652.958165
The film begins in medias res, with the suspects getting caught and being interrogated. Then it flashes back to three years earlier and the film continues forward from there, interspersed with occasional bits from the interrogation.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 1h51
Directed by Callie Khouri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Angus Macfadyen, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
Rating60% 3.0499553.0499553.0499553.0499553.049955
The film opens in 1937 Louisiana with four little girls out in the woods at night, each wearing a home-made headdress. The leader, Viviane Abbott, initiates them into a secret order she dubs the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood," which they seal by cutting their palms and taking a blood oath of undying loyalty.

Scriptwriter

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 1h51
Directed by Callie Khouri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Angus Macfadyen, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
Rating60% 3.0499553.0499553.0499553.0499553.049955
The film opens in 1937 Louisiana with four little girls out in the woods at night, each wearing a home-made headdress. The leader, Viviane Abbott, initiates them into a secret order she dubs the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood," which they seal by cutting their palms and taking a blood oath of undying loyalty.
Something to Talk About, 1h41
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Brett Cullen
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8495552.8495552.8495552.8495552.849555
Grace (Julia Roberts) discovers that her husband Eddie (Dennis Quaid) is having an affair with another woman. To her surprise, she also discovers that people around her advise her to forgive and forget instead of making an issue out of it. Her father (Robert Duvall) owns a hunter/jumper horse farm and thinks that the whole family should instead concentrate on an upcoming competition.
Thelma & Louise, 2h9
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Transport films, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald
Rating75% 3.7999153.7999153.7999153.7999153.799915
Two friends, Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon), set out for a two-day vacation to take a break from their dreary lives. Thelma is married to a controlling man, Darryl (Christopher McDonald), while Louise works as a waitress in a diner, and is dating a musician who spends most of his time on the road. They head out in Louise's 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible, but their vacation in the mountains quickly turns into a nightmare before they reach their destination.

Production

Thelma & Louise, 2h9
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Transport films, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald
Roles Co-Producer
Rating75% 3.7999153.7999153.7999153.7999153.799915
Two friends, Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon), set out for a two-day vacation to take a break from their dreary lives. Thelma is married to a controlling man, Darryl (Christopher McDonald), while Louise works as a waitress in a diner, and is dating a musician who spends most of his time on the road. They head out in Louise's 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible, but their vacation in the mountains quickly turns into a nightmare before they reach their destination.