Douglas J. Eboch wrote the original screenplay for Sweet Home Alabama as his Masters thesis at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with an MFA from the Graduate Screenwriting Program. He also wrote and directed the short film 24 Year-Old Virgin and wrote the children's play Sleepover at the Stables. He is currently a writer and director for the Los Angeles based sketch comedy group Prank Monkeys. Doug grew up traveling the world with his family. He has lived in such diverse places as Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Juneau, Alaska where he went to high school. Doug is the winner of the Carl Sautter Memorial Screenwriting Award for Most Promising New Voice - Features.