Day 6: Thelma & Louise
The 1991 Academy Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay: Callie Khouri
Why It Matters: Callie Khouri was the first woman to win Best Original Screenplay without a male co-writer. She is one of only seven women to ever win for Best Original Screenplay. Out of 101 winners in the category, only seven women have EVER won.
Other women who share this honor: Muriel Box, Sonia Levian, Nancy Dowd, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Diablo Cody.
