Director, Author and Speaker

BILL CARTER

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StoreBill Carter has written the acclaimed memoirs Fools Rush In and Red Summer, and directed the award-winning film Miss Sarajevo.

“This book is like Good Morning Vietnam crossed with a Conrad novel.”- The London Times

“After reading FOOL’S RUSH IN, you may find yourselves giving much greater consideration to what in life is important and what is merely trivial.”-JON KRAKAUER Best-selling author of “Into the Wild”

“Dante’s Inferno for the MTV Generation. What a guide Bill Carter turns out to be to the hell of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. Oddly, and inspiringly, he finds some heaven there” - BONO

“Bill Carter’s graphic memoir opens a whole new window on modern conflict.”- What’s On In London

“CARTER’S BOOK READS LIKE A NOVEL, evoking a lost city inhabited by angels, bandits, punks and adrenaline fiends. (He) reaches far beyond personal experience to find a story of a wounded city, and a war that pitted neighbor against neighbor in a nightmare of endless hatred.”- Ginanne Brownell NEWSWEEK

“FOOLS RUSH IN is a totally admirable book, the memoir of a young man written out of necessity, the only true reason to write a book...its consciousness will become part of your life.”-JIM HARRISON, Author of LEGENDS OF THE FALL and TRUE NORTH.

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r Aw

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The

Mav

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Dire

ctor

Aw

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Gold

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Bill C

arte

r is t

he d

irect

or o

f the

aw

ard-

win

ning

doc

umen

tary

film

Miss

Sar

ajev

o, w

hich

inclu

des

perso

nal a

ccou

nts f

rom

his

expe

rienc

es d

elive

ring

aid

to th

e be

siege

d cit

y of

Sar

ajev

o du

ring

the

Bosn

ian

War

. In

com

plet

ely

extra

ordi

nary

circ

umst

ance

s, du

ring

the

war

Car

ter e

stab

lishe

d a

“live

” sat

ellit

e fe

ed b

etwe

en th

e pe

ople

of S

araj

evo

and

Euro

pean

conc

erts

of t

he ro

ck b

and

U2.

Fo

r Sar

ajev

ans,

this

was

an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

spea

k to

milli

ons o

f you

ng p

eopl

e ab

out l

ife u

nder

sie

ge a

nd d

estru

ctio

n of

Sar

ajev

o, a

nd h

elpe

d to

spur

wor

ld a

ctio

n to

end

the

confl

ict. C

arte

r also

es

tabl

ished

a co

ntac

t with

MTV

, thr

ough

whi

ch S

araj

evan

s had

an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

add

ress

an

audi

ence

of 1

00 m

illion

peo

ple

durin

g an

ined

ited

two-

hour

“win

dow

.”

He’s

sinc

e he

ld m

ore

than

50

lect

ures

at u

nive

rsitie

s suc

h as

Har

vard

, New

York

Uni

versi

ty &

Bo

ston

Col

lege

- sh

owin

g hi

s film

“Miss

Sar

ajev

o” a

nd ta

lking

abo

ut th

e w

ar in

Bos

nia.

In

2009

he

was

give

n ho

nora

ry ci

tizen

ship

to S

araj

evo

- an

hono

r nor

mal

ly be

stow

ed u

pon

head

s of s

tate

(h

e is

the

seco

nd jo

urna

list t

o re

ceive

the

hono

r, af

ter C

hrist

iane

Am

anpo

ur).

Carte

r’s fi

rst b

ook,

Fool

s Rus

h In

, is a

bout

his

expe

rienc

es h

and-

deliv

erin

g 1,

200

tons

of f

ood

durin

g th

e Bo

snia

n W

ar a

nd ta

kes t

he re

ader

on

an e

mot

iona

l jou

rney

from

Ala

ska

to S

araj

evo

to th

e So

uthw

est a

nd b

ack a

gain

. The

mem

oir,

to w

hich

Jim

Har

rison

des

crib

es a

s, “a

mem

oir

of g

rand

dim

ensio

n an

d its

cons

cious

ness

will

beco

me

part

of y

our l

ife,”

is a

stor

y of

pas

siona

te

love

, tra

gic l

oss a

nd th

e di

ffere

nce

a sin

gle

perso

n ca

n m

ake

- eve

n w

hen

the

odds

seem

in

surm

ount

able

.

Carte

r’s se

cond

mem

oir R

ed S

umm

er is

the

true

stor

y of

his

expe

rienc

e se

t net

fish

ing

in E

gegi

k, Al

aska

on

the

shor

es o

f Bris

tol B

ay o

ver t

he co

urse

of f

our s

easo

ns. T

he b

ook c

hron

icles

the

extre

me

phys

ical a

nd m

enta

l exh

aust

ion

invo

lved

in h

arve

stin

g w

ild sa

lmon

from

the

larg

est

and

mos

t sus

tain

able

fish

run

in th

e wo

rld. T

he m

emoi

r fol

low

s the

rugg

ed se

a ca

ptai

n Sh

aron

Ha

rt w

ho is

bot

h re

vere

d an

d hi

ghly

resp

ecte

d fo

r her

skill

and

expe

rienc

e in

a p

rofe

ssio

n m

ostly

do

min

ated

by

men

. Car

ter h

as si

nce

beco

me

an e

xper

t on

the

Pebb

le M

ine

issue

that

thre

aten

s th

e en

tire

Brist

ol B

ay fi

sher

y, an

d is

at w

ork o

n a

new

boo

k abo

ut co

pper

.

In th

e pa

st 1

5 ye

ars h

e ha

s tra

vele

d to

mor

e th

an 4

5 co

untri

es a

nd h

as w

ritte

n fo

r mag

azin

es

inclu

ding

Rol

ling

Ston

e, M

en’s

Jour

nal, G

ear a

nd S

pin

- and

has

dire

cted

shor

t doc

umen

tary

film

s fo

r Em

mylo

u Ha

rris a

nd C

alex

ico.

He cu

rrent

ly liv

es in

Sou

ther

n Ar

izona

.

Accl

aim

ed m

emoi

rs

Awar

d-w

inni

ng fi

lm

“Red

Sum

mer

”

“Foo

ls Ru

sh In

”

BILL

CAR

TER

| BI

O |

STO

RE |

MED

IA |

SHAR

E |

A viv

id, u

nfor

getta

ble

acco

unt o

f the

dan

ger,

pain

, and

joy

of w

orkin

g on

a sa

lmon

fish

ing

boat

and

livin

g in

a

smal

l villa

ge o

n th

e fa

rthes

t edg

e of

Ala

ska.

Set i

n th

e tin

y N

ative

villa

ge o

f Ege

gik o

n th

e sh

ores

of A

lask

a’s B

risto

l Bay

, Bill

Carte

r’s R

ed S

umm

er is

the

thril

ling

stor

y of

one

man

’s jo

urne

y fro

m n

ovice

to se

ason

ed fi

sher

man

ove

r the

cour

se o

f fou

r bea

utifu

l, br

utal

sum

mer

s in

one

of th

e ea

rth’s

few

rem

aini

ng w

ild p

lace

s. As

milli

ons o

f sal

mon

race

tow

ard

thei

r an

nual

spaw

ning

gro

unds

, Car

ter l

earn

s the

anc

ient

, bac

k bre

akin

g tra

de o

f the

set n

et fi

sher

man

, one

of t

he

mos

t exh

ilara

ting

and

dang

erou

s job

s in

the

world

.

Visit

the

offic

ial R

ed S

umm

er w

ebsit

e he

re!

Som

e tri

ps a

re ch

osen

, oth

ers c

hoos

e yo

u. W

hen

trage

dy st

rikes

Bill

Carte

r’s lif

e he

find

s him

self

draw

n to

a w

ar zo

ne.

Shar

ing

his e

xtra

ordi

nary

jour

ney

into

a m

oder

n he

art o

f dar

knes

s, th

e be

siege

d cit

y of

Sar

ajev

o, w

e m

eet a

man

re

build

ing

the

ruin

s of h

is fo

rmer

self

in th

e m

ost u

nlike

ly of

pla

ces.

Carte

r joi

ns a

mav

erick

aid

org

aniza

tion,

‘The

Ser

ious

Roa

d Tr

ip,’

and

dodg

es sn

iper

s and

shel

ls to

del

iver f

ood

and

supp

lies t

o th

ose

the

UN

and

the

NGO

s can

’t re

ach.

He

mak

es fr

iend

s with

the

artis

tic co

mm

unity

of S

araj

evo

and

fight

s al

ongs

ide

them

for s

urviv

al in

a p

lace

whe

re fo

od a

nd w

ater

are

scar

ce, w

here

you

mee

t dea

th e

very

day

, but

cruc

ially

w

here

life,

love

and

laug

hter

ring

out

all t

he sa

me.

The

sorro

w, d

eter

min

atio

n an

d hu

mou

r of a

sele

ct g

roup

of p

eopl

e liv

ing

in th

e wo

rst o

f tim

es w

ill le

nd h

im th

e ke

y to

his

own

reco

very

.

Fool

s Rus

h In

take

s us o

n an

em

otio

nal r

olle

r-coa

ster

ride

from

Ala

ska

to D

ublin

to Lo

s Ang

eles

to S

araj

evo

and

back

ag

ain

whi

le C

arte

r see

ks a

nswe

rs to

que

stio

ns h

e di

dn’t

even

know

he

had.

Com

pellin

g, h

umor

ous,

hope

ful a

nd a

t tim

es

alm

ost b

eyon

d be

lief,

it is

none

thel

ess a

ll tru

e.

BILL

CAR

TER

| BI

O |

Miss

Sar

ajev

o is

a su

rreal

and

star

tling

por

trait

of S

araj

evo,

the

capi

tal c

ity o

f Bos

nia,

dur

ing

the

heig

ht o

f th

e cit

y’s s

iege

. Win

ner o

f the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Mon

itor A

war

d, G

olde

n Hu

go, a

nd th

e M

aver

ick D

irect

or A

war

d (N

ewpo

rt Be

ach

Film

Fest

ival).

Inst

ead

of fo

llow

ing

the

scen

es o

f car

nage

that

the

mai

n m

edia

so o

ften

sque

ezes

into

thirt

y se

cond

dra

mat

ic so

und

bite

s, Ca

rter’s

cam

era

follo

ws t

he a

ltern

ative

scen

e of

arti

sts,

youn

g pe

ople

and

the

peop

le d

eter

min

ed to

live

as n

orm

al a

life

as th

ey co

uld

unde

r the

mos

t diffi

cult

and

dang

erou

s con

ditio

ns.

U2’

s sin

ger B

ono

serv

es a

s exe

cutiv

e pr

oduc

er a

nd U

2, a

long

with

Lucia

no P

avor

otti,

sing

the

them

e so

ng, M

iss S

araj

evo.

Car

ter a

nd B

ono

met

in It

aly

at a

U2

conc

ert d

urin

g th

e w

ar w

hen

Carte

r man

aged

to

inte

rvie

w B

ono

for S

araj

evo

tele

visio

n. T

hey

went

on

to d

o th

e we

ll-do

cum

ente

d sa

tellit

e co

nnec

tions

on

the

Euro

pean

leg

of th

e Zo

orop

a to

ur.

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TER

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