---
name: "Ortwin Freyermuth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ortwin-freyermuth"
fi1m_id: "ortwin-freyermuth"
imdb_id: "nm0007156"
tmdb_id: 985769
wikidata_id: "Q16975239"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 November 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:44:24.178706+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ortwin Freyermuth

## Identity

Ortwin Freyermuth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ortwin-freyermuth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ortwin-freyermuth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007156
- **TMDB ID:** 985769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16975239
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortwin_Freyermuth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16975239, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/985769

Producer. Born 1 November 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 November 1958
- **Active:** 1981–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (1), 1990s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $160m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortwin_Freyermuth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16975239, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/985769

## Biography

Ortwin Freyermuth is a German-American film producer, entertainment lawyer and video game executive. He studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of California, Los Angeles, completing an LL.M. in 1986 with a thesis on film distribution and copyright law.

In the early 1990s he was CEO of Capella Films and served as co-producer on *Shattered* (1991) and executive producer on *Carlito's Way* (1993), *The Real McCoy* (1993) and other films. He produced the 1997 director's cut of *Das Boot*. Freyermuth is co-founder, vice-chairman and general counsel of Cloud Imperium Games, which he established with Chris Roberts in 2012 to develop *Star Citizen*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, starcitizen.tools.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Carlito's Way* (1993), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Fi1m 89, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *And So It Goes* (2014), as Legal Services
- *Lucky Number Slevin* (2006), as Legal Services
- *Body Shot* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Carlito's Way* (1993), Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *The Real McCoy* (1993), Executive Producer
- *The Nutt House* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Shattered* (1991), Co-Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter* (1990), Production Executive
- *Das Boot* (1981), Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

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