Bill Kimberlin
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Bill Kimberlin

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See also billkimberlin.com Bill Kimberlin, author of Inside The Star Wars Empire, published by Rowman and Littlefield/Lyons Press, studied film at San Francisco State University and The American Film Institute. After graduation he worked in post-production for a San Francisco film company as a sound technician and later as a film editor. As an independent film maker he produced his first documentary, Jeffries-Johnson 1910, on Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, with the help of Francis Ford Coppola. It was distributed by McGraw-Hill. He then made a feature film called American Nitro on the pure Americana topic of hot rod cars and drag racing. This film was seen in every American City and most of the world. It is still in current distribution on DVD and sells rapidly. Bill started working for George Lucas on the third in the original Star Wars series, Return of the Jedi. He remained at Lucasfilm for twenty years, working on some of the most successful motion pictures in history. Including, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, all three Back To The Futures, Gangs of New York, Star Trek III, and many more. Bill is currently writing books, articles, and screen plays while dividing his time between his homes in Berkeley and the Anderson Valley wine country. He also runs a small film distribution company. The videos you see on this page are all from movies that Bill worked on.
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