Name: Bill Condon
Date of Birth: 22 October 1955
His mother attended high school with 'Susan Hayward (I)' (qv).After graduating from Regis High School, an all-male Jesuit school in Manhattan, he studied philosophy at Columbia University.First film-related job was working for a year in the publicity department at Avco Embassy.Directed 5 different performers in Oscar-nominated performances: 'Lynn Redgrave' (qv), 'Ian McKellen' (qv), 'Laura Linney' (qv), 'Eddie Murphy (I)' (qv) and 'Jennifer Hudson (I)' (qv). Hudson won for _Dreamgirls (2006)_ (q... v).Read more Less
