Early Life
Wilson was born in Dallas, to photographer Laura (Cunningham) Wilson and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. He has an older brother, Andrew, and a younger brother, Luke. Both brothers are also involved in filmmaking. His family, originally from Massachusetts, is of Irish descent.
Wilson attended New Mexico Military Institute and the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
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