Researching Bill Sherwood
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3817 people with the Sherwood surname? In that year Sherwood was ranked number 1114 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Sherwood on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Sherwood and the Sherwood Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 5845 people with the Sherwood surname in the UK? Sherwood is now ranked number 1025 for popularity in the UK. |
Sherwood Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Sherwood surname in the USA? Sherwood is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Bill Sherwood
Bill Sherwood
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 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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