BILL CONDON
Date of Birth: October 22, 1955
Born in New York City, Condon attended Columbia University, graduating with a degree in philosophy. He began his career as a film journalist, and an article he wrote for Millimeter magazine garnered the attention of producer Michael Laughlin. The two ended up co-writing the feature film Strange Behavior (1981) with Laughlin also directing.
Condon made his directorial debut with Sister, Sister (1987), starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Eric Stoltz. He then moved to TV, where he directed a number of telefilms over a period of several years before returning to the big screen with the box office bomb Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995). However, his Hollywood worth grew immensely when he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his next film, Gods and Monsters (1998), which he also directed.
On the writing side, Condon was nominated for both a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and a Golden Globe for Chicago (2002). He returned to directing with his screenplay, Kinsey(2004), based on the famous sex researcher. Though it didn't even make back its initial investment at the box office, the film, starring Liam Neeson, was nominated for Best Screenplay by the Independent Spirit Awards. In 2005 he won a Directors Guild of Great Britain award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film" for Kinsey (2004).
Condon tied with Clint Eastwood in 2006 for a Satellite Award as Best Director for Dreamgirls. Next up for Condon is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
Filmography:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
Dreamgirls(2006)
Kinsey(2004)
Gods and Monsters(1998)
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Sister, Sister (1987)