Background
Wolfe was born in 1964 in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of a career army officer and a surgical nurse. As an army family, the Wolfes moved frequently before finally settling in San Francisco in the mid-1970s. During his childhood, Wolfe tried three times to write a novel (at the ages of ten, thirteen and twenty), but never finished. In college, he discovered that television and film screenwriting suited him better.
Wolfe graduated UCLA, receiving a bachelor's degree in Film and Television and a MFA in Screenwriting. His first screenplay, Paper Dragons, placed second in the prestigious Goldwyn awards. The prize money allowed Wolfe to buy his first computer. At this point he decided to try to make himself a career in show business.
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