Ortwin Freyermuth

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

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]}

Biography

Ortwin 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

• 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

Producer

• 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

• 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

1. "About Us". Fryermuth & Associates. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "How indie film financing could shape the future of games".
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "Das Boot (1981) – Release Info". IMDb . Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
8. 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.
9. "The Team". Ascendant Pictures . n.d. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
10. "About us". Cloud Imperium Games . 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
11. 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.
12. Freyermuth, Gundolf S. (1994). "Quellennachweise und Danksagungen". Spion unter Sternen: Lauschangriffe auf Hauptdarsteller (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: Ch. 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

• Ortwin Freyermuth at IMDb
• "How indie film financing could shape the future of games" by Ortwin Freyermuth