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Dowdle grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
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After graduating from the Saint Thomas Academy, an all-boys, military, Catholic high school, Dowdle moved to Iowa City, Iowa to attend the University of Iowa. There he would make the move from writing to film. Two years later, Dowdle moved to Manhattan, New York City to attend New York University"s film program
After graduating from New York University, Dowdle moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking.
Dowdle wrote and directed his first feature, the 1996 film Full Moon Rising, when he was just out of college. They now live in Los Angeles, working together as The Brothers Dowdle.
Dowdle directed the 2015 thriller film Number Escape, starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan.
