Ortwin Freyermuth

Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth
Born	November 1958
Residence	U.S.
Occupation	Co-Founder, Vice-Chairman and General Counsel at Cloud Imperium Games Entertainment lawyer Film producer

Ortwin Sam Schneider-Freyermuth (born November 1958) is a German American video game executive, entertainment lawyer and film producer. He currently holds the position of co-founder (together with Chris Roberts), vice-chairman and general counsel of Cloud Imperium Games. He is also known for having been the CEO of film production company Capella Films and for producing the 1997 director's cut version of Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot.

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. 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. After having previously served as a legal advisor to Chris Roberts' Ascendant Pictures and other production companies, he founded Cloud Imperium Games with Roberts in 2011 to create the video game Star Citizen. Ortwin Freyermuth is the brother of German journalist and author Gundolf S. Freyermuth.

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