Out in Film: Alan Ball

Idol worship : Alan Ball , writer/director/producer. - Initially a playwright (including the popular Five Women Wearing the Same Dress ), he...

Out in Film: Sandra Bernhard

Idol worship : Sandra Bernhard , actress/comedian/ writer/singer. - Her early stand-up work culminated in her hit Off-Broadway one-woman sho...

Out in Film: T.R. Knight

Idol worship : T.R. Knight , actor. - As Dr. George O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy , he has received nominations for Emmy and Satellite ...

Out in Film: Todd Stephens

Idol worship : Todd Stephens , writer/director/ producer. - He won an Outfest screenplay award for his first film, Edge of Seventeen (whic...

Out in Film: Andrew Fleming

Idol worship : Andrew Fleming , writer/director. - This New York University Film School grad has had an eclectic career, switching back and...

Out in Film: Matthew Bourne

Idol worship : Matthew Bourne , director/ choreographer. - You could say he was "Bourne" to dance; trained at some of the finest L...

Out in Film: Clive Barker

Idol worship : Clive Barker , writer/director/producer. - A best selling novelist, he is best known for his works in the horror and fantasy...

Out in Film: Del Shores & Jason Dottley

Idol worship : Del Shores , writer/director/producer and Jason Dottley , actor/producer. - Shores is the award-winning playwright behind th...

Out in Film: Phyllida Lloyd

Idol worship : Phyllida Lloyd , director. - This week she makes her feature film debut with Mamma Mia! , the ABBA musical she steered to s...

Out in Film: Alec Mapa

Idol worship : Alec Mapa , actor/comedian. - As "America's Gaysian Sweetheart" (self-proclaimed), he is a multi-talented act...

Out in Film: Jaye Davidson

Idol worship : Jaye Davidson , actor. - Bursting onto the world stage as Dil, the gender-bending hairdresser that was at the center of The ...

Out in Film: Jane Lynch

Idol worship : Jane Lynch , actress. - She began her career onstage, touring with the famed Second City comedy troupe and playing Carol Bra...

Out in Film: Jerry Mitchell

Idol worship : Jerry Mitchell , actor/dancer/ director/choreographer. - He began his career as a dancer in such Broadway productions as Bri...