23 Facts About Bill Condon

William Condon was born on October 22,1955 and is an American director and screenwriter.

Bill Condon has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters and Chicago, winning for the former.

Bill Condon was born in New York City on October 22,1955, the son of a police detective, and was raised in an Irish Catholic family.

Bill Condon attended Regis High School and Columbia College of Columbia University, graduating in 1976 with a degree in philosophy.

Bill Condon emerged a few years later directing a series of made-for-TV thrillers, including Murder 101, which earned Bill Condon and co-writer Roy Johansen a 1992 Edgar Award for their screenplay.

Bill Condon directed Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, a sequel to Bernard Rose's 1992 horror film.

Bill Condon wrote and directed Gods and Monsters, which was based on a novel by Christopher Bram.

Bill Condon's screenplay won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Bill Condon has struggled for years in Hollywood as a screenwriter and journalist and is unaccustomed to the hoopla that is around him.

Bill Condon received a second Edgar Award for his Chicago screenplay as well.

Bill Condon wrote the screenplay for and directed Dreamgirls, an adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical of the same name.

Bill Condon received Directors Guild of America and Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations for directing.

Bill Condon was executive producer of the 81st Academy Awards television broadcast that aired on February 22,2009, working with producer Laurence Mark.

Bill Condon directed both parts of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, adapted from the fourth and final novel in The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer.

Bill Condon was twice nominated for a Razzie for Worst Director for these films, winning for Part 2.

Bill Condon directed The Fifth Estate, a thriller about WikiLeaks starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Bill Condon said he chose the project for a change of pace and liked its non-ideological approach to a very complex subject.

Bill Condon saw it "in the great tradition of journalistic thrillers".

Bill Condon directed the 2017 Disney live action film adaptation of the animated 1991 film Beauty and the Beast.

In October 2017, Bill Condon postponed pre-production of a remake of Bride of Frankenstein for Universal Pictures.

Bill Condon is a member of the Independent Feature Projects in Los Angeles, a non-profit organization which supports independent films, as well as the Independent Writers Steering Committee, which was initiated by the Writers Guild of America.

In July 2021, Bill Condon signed on to direct a Guys and Dolls movie adaptation by TriStar Pictures.

Bill Condon is in a long-term relationship with Jack Morrissey.