Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking
people with how much homosexual
activity there is
Bill Condon
B: 22 October 1955
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Born in New York City, Academy® Award winning screenwriter and director Bill Condon began his career as a writer for
various film publications, following his graduation from Columbia College with a degree in philosophy.
Co-writing such low budget works as STRANGE BEHAVIOUR / 1981 AND STRANGE INVADERS / 1983, his directorial debut
came in 1987 with the Eric Stoltz feature SISTER, SISTER.
Further directorial works thereafter include the second installment of Clive Barker inspired Candyman films, together
with the Pierce Brosnan telemovie MURDER 101 / 1991 for which he alongside co-writer Roy Johansen received the
Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Openly gay in an industry in which many in the business are not, Condon was awarded the Stephen F Kolzak prize in 2005
at the GLAAD Media Awards for his "outstanding contribution in combating homophobia."
Career highlights include KINSEY / 2004 and DREAMGIRLS / 2006, let alone the 2002 box-office smash CHICAGO, being the writer
who with a fair degree of razzle-dazzle finally managed to bring the elusive musical to the screen.
He remains a firm supporter of independent cinema, having brought his talents to the bear in Academy® Award winning
style on the film GODS & MONSTERS / 1998, namely a fictionalised homage to the last days of director James Whale
and a man who like himself was open about his homosexuality in a business that still remains ill at ease
with such public honesty.
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