Ortwin Freyermuth

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Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth
BornNovember 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]

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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

Filmography

Producer

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