Don Roos to receive "Happy Ending" at L.A. Outfest

Well, so to speak. The out writer/director/producer will receive the 13th Annual Outfest Achievement Award next month in Los Angeles:

The Achievement Award is Outfest's highest honor and is presented in recognition of a body of work that has made a significant contribution to LGBT film and media. "As a writer, director and producer, Don has had a profound impact on both mainstream and GLBT audiences and media," said Kirsten Schaffer, Executive Director of Outfest. "Through a perfect combination of dark humor, fresh yet familiar characters and biting pop culture sensibility, Don consistently delivers stories that are relevant and entertaining to all. It is for his extraordinary vision, passion and talent that we honor him this year."

Don is probably best known for the 90's classic The Opposite of Sex (which helped redefine the career of Christina Ricci) and for 2005's Happy Endings, but here are some facts that have flown under the radar. Let's call them ... UnderRoos. I'm sorry.

Don's partner is fellow writer/producer (and actor) Dan Bucatinsky, with whom he's raising two daughters in California. They're obviously big fans of Lisa Kudrow, with Don working with her numerous times and Dan co-producing her great, lamented, gone-too-soon HBO series The Comeback.

Don was the screenwriter of Boys on the Side and Single White Female, and near the beginning of his career he wrote for TV's The Colbys and, bless his heart, Paper Dolls!

Congrats to Don, whose Achievement Award will kickoff this year's Outfest on July 9th.