A gift for Wes: UQ graduate thesis leads to dream encounter with acclaimed director, The University of Queensland, 19 December 2025
When UQ Honours graduate Carla Wright submitted her thesis analysing the films of Hollywood film director Wes Anderson, she never imagined he might read it.
The School of Communication and Arts student had spent almost a year poring over the director’s interviews, scripts, and filmography to understand the method to the madness of some of his beloved films.
Weeks later, she found herself sitting in a packed London theatre just metres away from him, a copy of her thesis tucked under his arm.
“I had chills, was this really happening?” she said.