The Fifth Estate

dir. Bill Condon / USA 2013 / 124’

Highlights

, All Is Lost, As I Lay Dying, At Any Price, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Fifth Estate

Section index

Information about director

Bill Condon

William Condon was born in 1955 in New York City and attended Columbia College, where he studied philosophy. His career started in television. The first project for cinema which he directed was  the Southern Gothic mystery Sister Sister. In 1998 Condon came to prominence both as director and writer of  the biographical drama Gods and Monsters,  for which he received an Academy Award for  Best Adapted Screenplay. He was also nominated for  Best Adapted Screenplay for the musical Chicago. Next Condon directed and penned Kinsey, which brought him critical acclaim. In 2012, he received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for his work on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

Selected filmography

1987 Siostra, siostra / Sister, Sister

1995 Candyman II: Pożegnanie z ciałem / Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1998 Bogowie i potwory / Gods and Monsters

2004 Kinsey

2006 Dreamgirls

2011-2012 Zmierzch: Przed świtem, cz. 1 i 2 / Twilight: Breaking Dawn, parts 1 and 2

2013 Piąta Władza / The Fifth Estate