Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth (born November 1958) is a German American video game executive, entertainment lawyer and film producer.[2][3] He currently holds the position of co-founder (together with Chris Roberts), vice-chairman and general counsel of Cloud Imperium Games.[4] He is also known for having been the CEO of film production company Capella Films[3][5] and for producing the 1997 director's cut version of Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot.[6][7]
Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1958 |
| Alma mater | University of Gottingen University of California |
| Occupation(s) | Co-Founder, Vice-Chairman and General Counsel at Cloud Imperium Games Entertainment lawyer[1] Film producer |
Biography
editOrtwin Freyermuth studied law at the University of Göttingen and at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he completed his Master degree with a thesis on film distribution and copyright law in 1986.[3][8] In the early 1990s, he was part of a group of German film producers who pioneered a new business model, acquiring the production and distribution rights for several Hollywood films with both financial and popular success.[3][5] After having previously served as a legal advisor to Chris Roberts' Ascendant Pictures[9] and other production companies, he founded Cloud Imperium Games with Roberts in April 2012[10] to create the video game Star Citizen.[11][10]
Freyermuth is the brother of German journalist and author Gundolf S. Freyermuth.[12]
Academic works
edit- Deutsch, Erwin; Schneider-Freyermuth, Ortwin; Koenig, Ulrich (January 1985). Die Vervielfältigung von Filmen durch Hochschulen und ihre Einrichtungen : rechtliche Probleme untersucht am Beispiel des IWF- Filmverleihs (in German). Berlin; Tokyo: Springer (published 1985). ISBN 978-3-540-15728-1. OCLC 38444169.
- Ortwin S Freyermuth (1986). Film distribution and modern video technology : the shift of motion picture distribution into the private sphere and its impact on copyright protection (Thesis (LL. M.)). Los Angeles: University of California. OCLC 16163525.
Filmography
editProducer
edit- 1991: Shattered (co-producer)
- 1991: The Nutt House (executive producer)
- 1993: The Real McCoy (executive producer)
- 1993: Carlito's Way (executive producer)
- 1994: Body Shot (executive producer)
- 1997: Das Boot (producer – director's cut)
- 2011: The Ledge (executive producer)
Legal services
edit- 1988: Burning Secret (special consultant)
- 1990: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (production executive)
- 2003: 11:14 (additional legal services)
- 2003: Monster (legal services – as Ortwin Freyermuth Esq.)
- 2005: Havoc (legal services)
- 2005: Lord of War (legal advisor: Ascendant Pictures)
- 2006: Ask the Dust (legal services: Freyermuth & Associates)
- 2006: Lucky Number Slevin (legal services: Freyermuth & Associates, Inc. – as Ortwin Freyermuth Esq.)
- 2013: 2 Guns (financing legal services: Freyermuth & Associates, Inc. for Foresight Unlimited – as Ortwin Freyermuth Esq.)
References
edit- ^ "About Us". Fryermuth & Associates. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "State Bar of CA :: Ortwin Sam Freyermuth". calbar.ca.gov (Membership Record). The State Bar of California. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Barth, Ariane (14 June 1993). Augstein, Rudolf; et al. (eds.). "Hier ist was von Wildwest. SPIEGEL-Redakteurin Ariane Barth über die Deutschen in Hollywood (Teil III: Produzenten)". Der Spiegel (in German) (24/1993). Hamburg: SPIEGEL-VERLAG, RUDOLF AUGSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG: 125, 128–129. ISSN 0038-7452. OCLC 4927901. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "How indie film financing could shape the future of games".
- ^ a b Yonover, Neil S. (25 February 1994). "Capella finds the right pitch". Variety (25 February 1994). Los Angeles; New York: Penske Business Media. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 1768958. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Archibald, Kevin (5 May 2000). "Das Boot". Imagine Games Network (Review). IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Das Boot (1981) – Release Info". IMDb. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Freyermuth, Ortwin S (1986). Film distribution and modern video technology : the shift of motion picture distribution into the private sphere and its impact on copyright protection (Thesis (LL. M.)). Los Angeles: University of California. OCLC 16163525.
- ^ "The Team". Ascendant Pictures. n.d. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b "About us". Cloud Imperium Games. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Nezik, Ann-Kathrin (4 August 2014). "Der 49-Millionen-Dollar-Mann". Der Spiegel (in German) (32/2014). Hamburg: SPIEGEL-VERLAG, RUDOLF AUGSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG. ISSN 0038-7452. OCLC 4927901. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Freyermuth, Gundolf S. (1994). "Quellennachweise und Danksagungen". Spion unter Sternen: Lauschangriffe auf Hauptdarsteller (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: Christoph Links Verlag (published March 1994). p. 231. ISBN 978-3-86-153068-8. OCLC 243774854. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014 – via Google Books.
External links
edit- Ortwin Freyermuth at IMDb
- "How indie film financing could shape the future of games" by Ortwin Freyermuth