Bill Sherwood

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Bill Sherwood was an American musician, screenwriter, and film director. Born William Charles Patrick Sherwood on June 14, 1952, in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was a gifted violinist and attended the National Music Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied composition. He moved to New York City to study with Elliott Carter at Juilliard, but later left to study film at Hunter College, where he made several short films over about a decade. Sherwood began a promising career as a filmmaker and wrote several screenplays; he is best known for the 1986 independent film Parting Glances, made for about $310,000, a bittersweet romance set over 24 hours in New York’s gay community. He died in New York City on February 10, 1990, from AIDS-related causes at age 37. He wrote several screenplays after Parting Glances, but many were not produced.

Filmography:
- Parting Glances (1986) — Director, Editor, and Screenwriter