Early Life
Gilligan was born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in Farmville and Chesterfield County. After graduating from L.C. Bird High School, he went on to attend New York University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film production from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. While at NYU, he wrote the screenplay for Home Fries, which was later turned into a film starring Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson. Gilligan received the Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Award in 1989 for this screenplay.
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