Carolyn Ann "Callie" Khouri was born on November 27,1957 and is an American film and television screenwriter, producer, and director.
12 Facts About Callie Khouri
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Callie Khouri created the series Nashville, which premiered on ABC in 2012 to strong reviews, and ran for six seasons.
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Carolyn Ann Khouri was born in San Antonio, Texas, but was brought up in Kentucky.
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Callie Khouri dropped out of Purdue and moved to Los Angeles, where she waited tables and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and with acting teacher Peggy Feury.
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Callie Khouri soon realized that being an actress was not her destiny: "I can't stand people looking at me," said Khouri.
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Callie Khouri was a member of Hollywood Women's Political Committee, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Women's Media Watch Project.
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Callie Khouri later divorced him, and married musician T Bone Burnett in 2009.
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Callie Khouri is a screenwriter, director, producer, feminist, lecturer, and author of non-fiction.
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Callie Khouri worked as an actress, lecturer, and waiter in Nashville.
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In June 2002, Callie Khouri made her directorial debut with her adaptation of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, which grossed a total of $73,839,240 worldwide.
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Callie Khouri directed Mad Money in 2008, a crime-caper film starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes.
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Nashville received positive reviews from critics, and Callie Khouri continued on the show without Burnett's involvement.