Bill Condon

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1. Behind the award

   Condon's screenplay for Gods and Monsters, which he also directed, earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film drew on a novel by Christopher Bram, and The New York Times reported he seemed the most stunned person at the ceremony.

2. 

   First role

   Condon's first professional screenwriting work was on Strange Behavior, an independent homage to 1950s pulp horror films, followed by the science-fiction feature Strange Invaders.

3. 

   First role

   Bill Condon made his directing debut with Sister, Sister, an eerie Southern Gothic mystery that starred Eric Stoltz and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Major changes came after test screenings, yet the film still failed with critics and set his career back.

4. Behind the award

   Condon directed both parts of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, released in 2011 and 2012. He received two Razzie nominations for Worst Director for these films and won for Part 2.

5. Beyond film

   Bill Condon directed a revised Side Show at the La Jolla Playhouse in late 2013. The production earned excellent reviews when it reached Broadway that fall, but it failed at the box office and closed after seven weeks.