William O’Dwyer Fogtman Net Worth is
$200,000

Mini Biography

Bill Fogtman was created in Aberdeen MD, U.S.A. He’s a filmmaker and professional photographer, employed in Brazil since 1973. He was a co-founder from the renowned Rio de Janeiro film creation organization Sky Light Movie theater. Since 1974 he spent some time working as cameraman, audio recordist, film and audio editor, and later on like a DoP, film movie director, executive maker and maker, on documentaries, institutionals and advertisements, aswell as feature movies. His credits consist of “Gabriela” by Bruno Barreto, “O Homem perform Pau Brasil” by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, “Imagens perform Inconsciente” by Leon Hirzman, “A Igreja dos Oprimidos” by Jorge Bodanzky, “Occasions of Play” by Jorgen Leth, “Powaqqatsi” by Godfrey Reggio, and “Tigrero” by Mika Kaurismäki. As professional producer and tasks supervisor, he has participated within the last twenty years in main Brazilian feature film productions such as for example “Tieta do Agreste”, “Estorvo”, “O Xangô de Baker Road”, “O Veneno da Madrugada”, and “Brasileirinho”, and the like, by essential directors including Cacá Diegues, Ruy Guerra, Miguel Farias Jr. and Mika Kaurismäki. His latest feature film, as professional producer and professional responsible for post production, is definitely “Capitãsera da Areia” by Cecilia Amado, from your book by Jorge Amado. During this time period he has continuing to focus on Brazilian and international documentaries, as professional producer, unit supervisor and DoP. At the moment he or she is dedicated to the introduction of fresh documentaries and series for tv, and may be the professional producer from the feature film “Rio da Dúvida” (River of Question), to become aimed by Joel Pizzini, right now in pre-production. Through the entire 1980s and 1990s he also worked in the ecotourism segment, first as partner of Safari Ecológico ECO Ltda., a pioneer ecotourism operator in Brazil, implanting regular ecological cruises in the Anavilhanas Archipelago and on the Negro and Solimõsera rivers and primary tributaries, from a river foundation in Manaus, where he managed the renowned local cruise liner “Tunã”. Following the success from the ECO cruises, he was contracted by another operator, Brazilian Ecological Safari Travel and leisure Ltda., and billed with developing an ecotourism task in the Mato Grosso Pantanal local, in Poconé region. As procedures movie director, he was in charge of various expeditions inside the Pantanal to select and purchase property for the task base of procedures, and now for developing and building unique land automobiles and river vessels for excursions, supervising the building from the procedures base, preparing of excursion itineraries, schedules and actions, aswell as preparing and logistics coordination of the complete operational end from the project. His passions and hobbies consist of: pictures – he possesses a thorough archive and profile of 35mm b&w/color and digital photos of his journeys throughout Brazil from 1974 to provide; ethnology and ethnography of Brazilian Indians; ecology and research of issues regarding the Amazon and Mato Grosso Pantanal areas; exploring little isolated streams, creeks and waterways by canoe; offroad journeys in 4×4 automobiles; trekking by walking and horseback; developing remedies and screenplays, both fiction and nonfiction. He was a founding person in the Brazilian Association of Cinematography – ABC, while director of pictures, audio engineer and post creation supervisor.