Ortwin Freyermuth

Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth
BornNovember 1958
Alma materUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "About Us". Fryermuth & Associates. 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. ^ a b 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.