Bill Condon is a celebrated film director and Oscar-winning screenwriter whose recent films include BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE GOOD LIAR, and MR. HOLMES. Condon wrote and directed the musical DREAMGIRLS, which won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes including Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, and for which Condon was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award. He also wrote the big-screen adaptation of the musical CHICAGO, for which he received an Oscar nomination. The film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Condon wrote and directed KINSEY, for which he won the Best Director Award from the British Directors Guild, and also wrote and directed GODS AND MONSTERS, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature and was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review.

Condon directed the two-part finale of the TWILIGHT film series, BREAKING DAWN, as well as journalistic thriller THE FIFTH ESTATE. He also co-wrote and directed the stage revival of the musical SIDE SHOW, which premiered at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center before coming to Broadway.

Condon has served on the Board of Film Independent and on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.