Director, Author and Speaker BILL CARTER

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1 Director, Author and Speaker BILL CARTER 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 This book is like Good Morning Vietnam crossed with a Conrad novel. - The London Times 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 Bill Carter s graphic memoir opens a whole new window on modern conflict. - What s On In London 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 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. Bio Spotlighting contemporary issues from war to natural resources; inspiring people to follow their passions. Store Bill Carter has written the acclaimed memoirs Fools Rush In and Red Summer, and directed the awardwinning film Miss Sarajevo. Media Check out links to Bill Carter s interviews from television, radio & print. Share Download an editable event poster, Tweet, become a Facebook fan, post and share with your networks.

2 Bill Carter is the director of the award-winning documentary film Miss Sarajevo, which includes personal accounts from his experiences delivering aid to the besieged city of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. In completely extraordinary circumstances, during the war Carter established a live satellite feed between the people of Sarajevo and European concerts of the rock band U2. For Sarajevans, this was an opportunity to speak to millions of young people about life under siege and destruction of Sarajevo, and helped to spur world action to end the conflict. Carter also established a contact with MTV, through which Sarajevans had an opportunity to address an audience of 100 million people during an inedited two-hour window. He s since held more than 50 lectures at universities such as Harvard, New York University & Boston College - showing his film Miss Sarajevo and talking about the war in Bosnia. In 2009 he was given honorary citizenship to Sarajevo - an honor normally bestowed upon heads of state (he is the second journalist to receive the honor, after Christiane Amanpour). Carter s first book, Fools Rush In, is about his experiences hand-delivering 1,200 tons of food during the Bosnian War and takes the reader on an emotional journey from Alaska to Sarajevo to the Southwest and back again. The memoir, to which Jim Harrison describes as, a memoir of grand dimension and its consciousness will become part of your life, is a story of passionate love, tragic loss and the difference a single person can make - even when the odds seem insurmountable. Carter s second memoir Red Summer is the true story of his experience set net fishing in Egegik, Alaska on the shores of Bristol Bay over the course of four seasons. The book chronicles the extreme physical and mental exhaustion involved in harvesting wild salmon from the largest and most sustainable fish run in the world. The memoir follows the rugged sea captain Sharon Hart who is both revered and highly respected for her skill and experience in a profession mostly dominated by men. Carter has since become an expert on the Pebble Mine issue that threatens the entire Bristol Bay fishery, and is at work on a new book about copper. In the past 15 years he has traveled to more than 45 countries and has written for magazines including Rolling Stone, Men s Journal, Gear and Spin - and has directed short documentary films for Emmylou Harris and Calexico. He currently lives in Southern Arizona. Award-winning film Acclaimed memoirs Red Summer Miss Sarajevo International Monitor Award The Maverick Director Award Golden Hugo Fools Rush In

3 BILL CARTER BIO STORE MEDIA SHARE Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter s life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. Sharing his extraordinary journey into a modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Carter joins a maverick aid organization, The Serious Road Trip, and dodges snipers and shells to deliver food and supplies to those the UN and the NGOs can t reach. He makes friends with the artistic community of Sarajevo and fights alongside them for survival in a place where food and water are scarce, where you meet death every day, but crucially where life, love and laughter ring out all the same. The sorrow, determination and humour of a select group of people living in the worst of times will lend him the key to his own recovery. Fools Rush In takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride from Alaska to Dublin to Los Angeles to Sarajevo and back again while Carter seeks answers to questions he didn t even know he had. Compelling, humorous, hopeful and at times almost beyond belief, it is nonetheless all true. A vivid, unforgettable account of the danger, pain, and joy of working on a salmon fishing boat and living in a small village on the farthest edge of Alaska. Set in the tiny Native village of Egegik on the shores of Alaska s Bristol Bay, Bill Carter s Red Summer is the thrilling story of one man s journey from novice to seasoned fisherman over the course of four beautiful, brutal summers in one of the earth s few remaining wild places. As millions of salmon race toward their annual spawning grounds, Carter learns the ancient, back breaking trade of the set net fisherman, one of the most exhilarating and dangerous jobs in the world. Visit the official Red Summer website here! Miss Sarajevo is a surreal and startling portrait of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia, during the height of the city s siege. Winner of the International Monitor Award, Golden Hugo, and the Maverick Director Award (Newport Beach Film Festival). Instead of following the scenes of carnage that the main media so often squeezes into thirty second dramatic sound bites, Carter s camera follows the alternative scene of artists, young people and the people determined to live as normal a life as they could under the most difficult and dangerous conditions. U2 s singer Bono serves as executive producer and U2, along with Luciano Pavorotti, sing the theme song, Miss Sarajevo. Carter and Bono met in Italy at a U2 concert during the war when Carter managed to interview Bono for Sarajevo television. They went on to do the well-documented satellite connections on the European leg of the Zooropa tour. DVD Features: - Director s commentary - Never before seen interview with Bono - First satellite link-up between Sarajevo and U2 s Zooropa tour

4 Articles (click to view) npr: Fools Rush In : Stories of the Sarajevo Siege Guardian: A passionate witness on the road to Sarajevo The Oregonian: Bill Carter isn t just the Sarajevo guy anymore nzhearld: Bill Carter: Fools Rush In Belfast Telegraph: From Sarajevo to Hollywood: Bill Carter s life under Bill Carter: A Wanderer Rushed In Sarajevo: Bill Carter: Honorary Citizen of the City of Sarajevo 2009 Ballard News-Tribune: Author discusses the danger, madness of commercial fishing YouTube: Missing Sarajevo YouTube: U2 satellite link to Sarajevo YouTube: Miss Sarajevo...U2... Rick Emerson: Outlook Portland Appearances For appearance and lecture inquiries, please contact: Michael Phillips Watershed Communications michael@watershedcom.com Portland, OR NYC

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