John wrote/directed/starred in the musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which he won two Tony Awards, Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Festival and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He directed the films Shortbus (2006); Rabbit Hole (2010) providing a Best Actress Oscar nom for Nicole Kidman; and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017). TV roles include Girls, Shrill, The Good Fight, The Sandman, Yellowjackets, City on Fire and Joe Exotic in Joe Vs Carole . He is developing LSM , a play about French anti-Nazi artist Claude Cahun; two feature films based on the lives of Allen Ginsberg and AIDS activist Peter Staley; and a memoir entitled A Heart Held Outside the Body .