Bill Condon

Director Bill Condon on the set of DreamWorks Pictures' and Paramount Pictures' Dreamgirls - 2006

Biography

Born 10/22/1955

Native New Yorker Bill Condon has been a film buff since childhood. After earning a degree in philosophy, he began contributing to such publications as American Film and Millimeter. In the early 1980s, he teamed with director Michael Laughlin as co-scenarist on a pair of cult...
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Awards

  • In 1998, received Golden Satellite for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (Adaptation)
  • Received Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2006, Wrote the screenplay for, and directed the film adaptation of "Dreamgirls," the acclaimed Broadway musical loosely based on the career of the musical group The Supremes; earned a nomination from the Directors Guild of America
  • In 2004, Helmed "Kinsey" a look at the life of Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson), a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Screenplay
  • In 2002, Wrote screenplay adaptation of the stage musical "Chicago"; received nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Screenplay (Adapted)

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