AT FIRST IT SEEMS ODD to call Houston-born auteur Wes Anderson a Texas filmmaker. He’s a citizen of the world, shooting most of his movies abroad—Greece, Italy, London, India, Germany, Spain. But his Lone Star roots are deep. He graduated from St. John’s School in his hometown in 1987, then attended the University of Texas at Austin. There he met Dallasite Owen Wilson, who became a close friend, occasional screenwriting partner, and regular in his troupe of actors. His first movie, co-written with Wilson and co-starring him and his brother Luke, was the short film . Anderson shot it in Dallas on 16 mm black-and-white after graduation while he and Wilson were living in an apartment on Throckmorton Street. The movie caught the eye of writer and director James L. Brooks, who convinced Columbia Pictures to produce a feature film version.
