William Charles Patrick Sherwood, better known as Bill Sherwood (June 14, 1952 – February 10, 1990) was an American musician, screenwriter and film director. Sherwood was born in

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, and grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan. A talented violinist, he attended the

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and graduated from the

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in Michigan in 1970, where he majored in composition. He then moved to New York City, where he was a composition student of

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. 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

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. He majored in Film Production and made several short films over the next ten years. He had a promising career as a filmmaker, but died in

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from

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complications. He is best known for his 1986 film ''

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'', made for $310,000, a bittersweet romantic comedy that spans a 24-hour period in the upwardly mobile New York

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. 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.

Filmography

*''

'' (1986) - Director/Editor/Screenwriter

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherwood, Bill American male screenwriters American film directors Hunter College alumni 1952 births 1990 deaths AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters