Bill Day (filmmaker)
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{{short description|American documentary filmmaker (born 1959)}}
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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| alma_mater = UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
| occupation = {{Hlist | Filmmaker | YouTuber}}
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| employer = Discovery Channel
National Geographic Channel
| known_for = His hit series known as 'Real or Fake' where he uncovers photos and videos that people send him to see if they are real or fake.
| notable_works = Missionary Positions
The Pussycat Preacher
Real or Fake? (YouTube show)
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| partner = Marcheline Bertrand (1978–1989)
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| years_active = 2009–present
| genre = Travel vlog Knowledge
| subscribers = 2.58 million
| views = 1 billion
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Bill Day (born September 12, 1959) is an American documentary filmmaker and YouTuber. Day worked for both the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel. For CNN, he produced a documentary film about the Osa Peninsula.{{Cite book|page=161|title=No Stone Unturned: Building Blocks of Environmentalist Power Versus Transnational Industrial Forestry in Costa Rica|author=Heleen van den Hombergh|year=2004|publisher=Rozenberg Publishers|isbn=9036190827}}
Career
Day directed the documentary Saviors of the Forest which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|title=Saviors of the Forest|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/370/saviors_of_the_forest|publisher=Sundance Institute|date=1993}} He also directed Rubber Jungle, a behind the scenes look at the life of Brazilian labor leader Chico Mendes and the movie about his life.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
In 2002, Day co-produced the musical documentary Under The Covers, followed by Alternative Rock and Roll Years in 2003 for Discovery Channel. Day served as a field producer for Hopkins 24/7, a television documentary series.{{Cite news|work=The New York Times|title=When the Life-and-Death Drama is Real|author=Erica Goode|date=August 27, 2000|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/tv/cover-story-when-the-life-and-death-drama-is-real.html:http:/www.nytimes.com/2000/08/27/tv/cover-story-when-the-life-and-death-drama-is-real.html|accessdate=January 12, 2013}} With Carlo Gennarelli, he co-produced Ordinary Joe, a documentary film about Joe Sciacca, a Vietnam veteran from New York City.{{Cite web|title=Ordinary Joe|publisher=PBS|url=http://pbsinternational.org/index.php?sid=ggp4qvhdb2ektqe0fmr98g14ffp8vfg3&lang=english&page=programs&pgid=3&dle_pp=0&dle_od=asc&pr_act=details&pid=979|accessdate=January 12, 2013|archive-date=January 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113003226/http://pbsinternational.org/index.php?sid=ggp4qvhdb2ektqe0fmr98g14ffp8vfg3&lang=english&page=programs&pgid=3&dle_pp=0&dle_od=asc&pr_act=details&pid=979|url-status=dead}} Day made a film about XXXchurch.com called Missionary Positions.{{Cite news|work=The Observer|title=What would Jesus do?: Former $2000-a-night stripper Heather Veitch, now a born-again Christian, tells Gaby Wood why she's bringing the gospel to the 'adult industry'|date=February 12, 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/print/0,,5394823-103602,00.html|accessdate=December 9, 2013}} He also produced and directed The Pussycat Preacher, a film about Heather Veitch and her organization, JC's Girls.{{Cite web|title=The Pussycat Preacher|publisher=New Orleans Film Society|url=http://neworleansfilmsociety.org/films/detail/206/The-Pussycat-Preacher|accessdate=January 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113023125/http://neworleansfilmsociety.org/films/detail/206/The-Pussycat-Preacher|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}
He holds the YouTube channel 'billschannel', which posts videos of wildlife trips around the world and a series named 'Real or Fake?' This series shows him and his research group 'The Chewy Piranhas' uncover photographs and videos on the internet and using various methods to show whether they are portraying real-life events, fake hoaxes or unknown mysteries.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Personal life
Day dated Marcheline Bertrand for a time and helped her raise Angelina Jolie and James Haven, whom she had with Jon Voight.{{Cite news|work=People|title=For Single Father Jon Voight, Table for Five is a Story Close to His Own Painful Experience|author=Jim Jerome|date=April 11, 1983|volume=19|issue=14|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084718,00.html|accessdate=January 12, 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|user=billschannel}}
- {{IMDb name|0206347|Bill Day}}
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Category:American documentary film directors
Category:American documentary film producers
Category:Film producers from New York City
Category:UCLA Film School alumni
Category:National Geographic (American TV channel)
Category:Discovery Channel people