Ortwin Freyermuth

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

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.)