Callie Khouri
Callie Khouri was born in San Antonio in Texas, USA. Her first screenplay, 1991's Thelma & Louise, won critical acclaim and numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a PEN Award. A lifelong feminist, Khouri is also a lecturer and a director of films – including Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Mad Money– and the creator of the television drama series Nashville. She has served two terms on the Writers Guild of America's board of directors and, in 2014, was honoured by the United States' National Women's History Museum.