William Charles Patrick Sherwood, better known as Bill Sherwood (June
14, 1952 â€" February 10, 1990) was an American musician, screenwriter
and film director.Sherwood was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up
in Battle Creek, Michigan. A talented violinist, he attended the
National Music Camp and graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in
Michigan in 1970, where he majored in composition. He then moved to
New York City, where he was a composition student of Elliott Carter at
The Juilliard School. Discouraged by his progress and fascinated by
the cultural and social upheavals going on in New York at the time, he
discontinued his composition studies, eventually enrolling at Hunter
College as a composition major, where he earned a degree and made
several short films.He had a promising career as a filmmaker, but died
in New York City from AIDS complications. He is best known for his
1986 film Parting Glances, made for $310,000, a bittersweet romantic
comedy that spans a 24-hour period in the upwardly mobile New York gay
community. He wrote half a dozen screenplays and completed three short
films in the six years before Parting Glances, and wrote additional
screenplays in the four years after. These additional screenplays were
never produced.
14, 1952 â€" February 10, 1990) was an American musician, screenwriter
and film director.Sherwood was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up
in Battle Creek, Michigan. A talented violinist, he attended the
National Music Camp and graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in
Michigan in 1970, where he majored in composition. He then moved to
New York City, where he was a composition student of Elliott Carter at
The Juilliard School. Discouraged by his progress and fascinated by
the cultural and social upheavals going on in New York at the time, he
discontinued his composition studies, eventually enrolling at Hunter
College as a composition major, where he earned a degree and made
several short films.He had a promising career as a filmmaker, but died
in New York City from AIDS complications. He is best known for his
1986 film Parting Glances, made for $310,000, a bittersweet romantic
comedy that spans a 24-hour period in the upwardly mobile New York gay
community. He wrote half a dozen screenplays and completed three short
films in the six years before Parting Glances, and wrote additional
screenplays in the four years after. These additional screenplays were
never produced.
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