William "Bill" Condon (born New York, October 22, 1955) is an American screenwriter and director. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 141,205 km²  (54,520 sq. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Condon got his start directing low-budget features such as Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh. He came to prominence with his film Gods and Monsters, which he wrote and directed. The screenplay was based on a novel written by Christopher Bram. For his efforts, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He would also be nominated for the same award for the Oscar-winning 2002 adaptation of the musical Chicago. He received further accolades in 2004 for writing and directing the film Kinsey, chronicling the life of the controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser) and James Whale (Ian McKellen). ... Christopher Bram (born 1952, Buffalo, New York) is a writer. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 2004 films | Drama films ... Dr. Alfred Kinsey interviewing a respondent to his survey. ...

In 2005, he was given the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the GLAAD Media Awards. This award is "presented to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals in the media for their outstanding contribution in combating homophobia." IMDB The Stephen F. Kolzak Award is presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards. ... Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation or GLAAD is an organization intended to promote and ensure fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. ...

Also in 2005, it was announced that Condon would write the screenplay for, and direct, the film adaptation of Dreamgirls, the acclaimed Broadway musical loosely based on the career of the musical group The Supremes with Motown Records. It will be his second adaptation of a musical. As of February 2006, the production is filming at CBS Studios in Los Angeles, with a cast that includes Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, and Danny Glover. Dreamgirls is scheduled for release in December 2006. The film finished shooting in April. A motion picture adaptation of Dreamgirls, to be written and directed by Bill Condon, is scheduled to start filming in early 2006, starring Jennifer Hudson of American Idol fame as Effie White, Beyoncé Knowles as Deena Jones, and Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell. ... The Supremes were a very successful Motown all-female singing group active from 1959 until 1977, performing at various times doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway showtunes, psychedelia, and disco. ... Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx (born Eric Morlon Bishop Jr. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ... Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, or simply Beyoncé, (born September 4, 1981) is a popular American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and fashion designer. ... Jennifer Hudson on American Idol. ... Anika Noni Rose is a US actress who won the 2004 Tony Award for her performance as Emmie Tibedaux in External link Anika Noni Rose at the Internet Movie Database Categories: | | ... Danny Glover at World Social Forum 2003. ... Dreamgirls is an award-winning Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1522 performances. ...

External links

• Bill Condon at The Internet Movie Database