Bill Sherwood

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Bill Sherwood (born June 14, 1952 in Washington DC , † February 10, 1990 in New York City , New York ) was an American filmmaker and musician .

Bill Sherwood grew up in Michigan and was already considered a talented violinist when he was still at school . From 1970 he studied music at the Juilliard School in New York City, later he also attended Hunter College and graduated there in 1978. He played in several orchestras, but at the same time turned to activities in the field of independent films .

In his directorial debut Abschiedsblicke (Parting Glances) from 1986, Sherwood thematized homosexuality, friendship and partnership in the 1980s against the background of the emerging immune deficiency disease AIDS . Sherwood acted as director , screenwriter , film editor and soundtrack creator on the film project . Parting Glances also received widespread recognition from general film reviews , and Sherwood was hailed as one of the best directorial debutants in years. Sherwood then worked on other scripts for Columbia Pictures, among others , which, however, were never to be produced for films. Sherwood had to give up his preparations for a war drama set in World War II, in which Robert Redford was also interested, because of his AIDS illness.

Parting Glances remained the only film in Sherwood's promising career, as he died on February 10, 1990 in New York of complications from AIDS.

Filmography

  • 1986: Parting Glances ( Parting Glances ) - as a director, screenwriter and film editor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bill Sherwood at Find A Grave
  2. ↑ Vito Russo: The Gay Dream Factory: Hollywood in Film. Berlin, 1990. p. 243.
  3. ↑ Bill Sherwood at Find A Grave
  4. ^ 'There was a lot of panic' - behind the first movies to tackle the Aids crisis. June 21, 2018, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Bill Sherwood | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ Bill Sherwood at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Sherwood, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, director
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington DC
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1990
Place of death New York City