Bill Condon

Bill Condon is an American stage, film and television director and producer. It is rumored that he is Summit Entertainment's first choice for director of the upcoming Breaking Dawn Movie, the forth movie in the Twilight series. It is further rumored that this movie may be split into two movies.http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:BillCondon,00.html

Bill Condon has won Academy Awards as director of Dreamgirls and as screenwriter for Gods and Monsters. In 2009 he was the executive producer for the 81st Academy Awards Presentation Show. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2009-01-28-oscar-producers_N.htm Oscar show promises fun with new producers at the helm] (January 29, 2009)

Bill Condon was born in New York City, New York on October 22, 1955. He attended Regis High School and continued his education at Columbia College of Columbia University as a philosophy major.

He first garnered national attention for his film Gods and Monsters which he wrote and directed. For his efforts he received an Academy award for Best adapted screenplay. In 2002, he was nominated for Best adapted screenplay at the 75th Academy Awards for his work on the Best picture winner Chicago starring Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger. He later wrote and directed a film version of the musical Dreamgirls starring Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174374/

Condon was chosen to executive produce the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. He kept his promise to add a change of pace to the proceedings by having Hugh Jackman host and by changing the seating arrangement for the ceremony.http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2009-01-28-oscar-producers_N.htm

• October 22, 1955: Born
• (1987) : Sister Sister
• (1991) : F/X2 (Writer)
• (1998) : Gods and Monsters
• (2002) : Chicago (Writer)
• (2004) : The Devill and Daniel Webster (writer)
• (2004) : Kinsey
• (2004) : Dreamgirls