Bill Dever

forty-year veteran of the independent film industry, Bill has also innovated and dipped his toes in the water of technology. Bill brings powerful marketing and packaging abilities and a wealth of international contacts in the marketing, retail, and financial sectors. He served as President of Spark Interactive Corporation, the first company in North America to deliver fully interactive video on dark fiber. His venture partners included AT&T, Sun Microsystems, General Electric, and Pace. He also served as president of Stimulus Net Inc. and executive vice president of Wilderness Films Inc., a retail DVD services service company. His work in DVD helped establish the retail sell-through DVD market, working with companies such as ESX, United American Video, Madacy, and Front Row Entertainment. He also leverages his extensive network to collaborate with 35 large venture capital firms on interactive TV strategies, demonstrating his ability to forge strategic partnerships and drive business development. He has owned movie theaters, boasting the highest revenue of independent theaters for concessions. While pioneering the DVD industry, Bill did the first interactive quizzes (McLintock/Beatles First US Visit) and the first two box sets(History of the Mafia/History of World War 2) and produced all initial Beatles/Apple releases.

He led several effort to widen outdoor movie viewing, re-inventing the concept of a drive-in theater.

At present, Bill holds the reins as the ANDROMEDIA DISTRIBUTION LTD, a testament to his enduring leadership and management skills. The company, under his guidance, currently distributes a vast library of 230 feature-length motion pictures, 45 series based on popular gaming titles (comprising 3800 episodes), and 1300 educational titles, including 13 Oscar-winning documentaries and animated films. He has recently consulted on the
shifting business model of a NASDAQ based Gaming company.
Bill has produced and co-written the film "Personal Exemptions" starring Nanette Fabray, as well as "Monster Cruise" and "American Resurrection." He produced and directed the films "China Frost" and "Mountain Fury." He has been a producer for the SYFY Channel Original Movies "Fire From Below" and "Gila!" “Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre," Operation Dunkirk," and "Camel Spiders." Recently he produced "Game Train", a documentary celebrating the annual trip by rail of game developers from Chicago to San Francisco. He recently completed "Foolproof Filmmaking," Faith-Based filmmaking . Bill also led the digital restoration of 40 classic Hollywood features.

He also writes a weekly essay on the state of motion picture exhibition, which is read by 75,000 industry professionals weekly.