WILLIAM J. IMMERMAN
Executive Producer

WILLIAM J. IMMERMAN is Senior Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer of Yari Film Group, LLC, an independent film and television production, financing and distribution company and parent company of Bob Yari Productions, Stratus Film Company, Bull’s Eye Entertainment, El Camino Pictures and Syndicate Films International.

Immerman entered the motion picture industry with American International Pictures as Associate Counsel and was later promoted to Director of Business Affairs, Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, Vice President in Charge of Business Affairs and the production executive on such successful films as Wild in the Streets and Three in the Attic.

He next joined Fox as Vice President of Business Affairs and acted as chief talent, production and distribution negotiator for the studio for both film and television, representing Fox on the board of directors of both the MPAA and the AMPTP. Promoted to Senior VP of Fox's feature division, Immerman’s projects included Star Wars, Young Frankenstein, The French Connection II, The Omen and Silver Streak.

After Immerman resigned from Fox, he was executive producer on Highpoint, starring Richard Harris. He then formed Cinema Group, Inc. and was Chairman and President of the company, executive producing such titles as Take This Job and Shove It, Southern Comfort and Hysterical, and was involved with financing the cable series Likely Stories as well as the features Staying Alive, Star Trek II and Flashdance.

Since leaving Cinema Group Immerman acted as executive producer or producer on a range of features: Mind Games, Primal Rage, Welcome to Spring Break, Where the Red Fern Grows Part II, The St. Tammany Miracle, The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island, Bring Him Home and Children on Their Birthdays.

Additionally, he specialized in representing sales agents, independent producers, financiers and distributors and negotiating complex financing deals for production and distribution while at various law firms as well as serving as serving as Special Consultant to the Office of the President of Pathe Communications; and Vice Chairman of Pathe's subsidiary company, Cannon Pictures, Inc.

From 2000 until its merger with Walden Media in 2004, Immerman was Senior Executive VP and COO of Crusader Entertainment, LLC, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, where he executive produced Swimming Upstream, Danny Deckchair, Where the Red Fern Grows, Ray, Sahara and Game of Their Lives.

From 1981 through 1986, he served on the National Advisory Board of the Sundance Film Festival. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies at the College of Business, Florida Atlantic University.

He produced the Los Angeles stage production and international tour of The Knife Throwers Assistant and Berlin to Broadway.

Immerman is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves as an arbitrator for the International Film & Television Alliance (formerly AFMA). Recognized as an expert on the motion picture industry, he frequently testifies in arbitrations and court cases.