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                 Bill Breithaupt's latest film "The Stolen Legacy" 



   Bill Breithaupt latest new film just got accepted into a major Film Festival


                               The TRUTH will be told


                               Coming Soon to Netflix




 


      




      



       


     Bill Breithaupt wins "BEST DIRECTOR" award for his film "AquaBurn"     


    


 Breithaupt thanking his mother after winning "Best Director of a documentary film"


  


              Bill Breithaupt invented "THE SELFIE" at age 9 - 1979






      


     Bill Breithaupt wins "BEST DIRECTOR" award for his film "AquaBurn"


 


Bill Breithaupt being interviewed for winning "BEST DIRECTOR" at Beverly Hills FF


   



                   AQUABURN premieres at the Santa Cruz Burning Man Film Festival


  


  


             Bill Breithaupt receives a STANDING OVATION for his film "AquaBurn"


  


 Breithaupt Full page write-up in the Novato Advance for his film "Aqua Burn"


 


                    ASIFA-SF write-up                         Action - Take one!!


       


      Bill Breithaupt produced a Burning Man film every year for the past 20 years


                                     Breithaupt built a custom-made camper for his first time at Burning Man


                      Burning Man 1999                                       Burning Man 2000


                                       Burning Man 2001


                                                    Burning Man 2002                           Burning Man 2003


  


 Burning Man 2014            Burning Man 2007             Burning Man 2012


  


                Burning Man 2017                                                                         Burning Man 2009


  


 Burning Man 2016              Burning Man 2008                    Burning Man 2010


                                                                 Burning Man 2004                        Burning Man 2001


 


 Burning Man 2018                          Burning Man 2010                                                                   


    


                     The Man Burns                           Burning Man 2005


 


  Burning Man Founder - Larry Harvey                 Media Operations


                                                 Yoms                  Jim Graham                 Andie Grace



Media Mecca's Jim Graham's favorite film is AquaBurn - "Piss Clear" Article


                                Burning Man Artist - Peter Hudson - "Charon" - Stroboscopic Zoetrope


                   Burning Man Artist - Dr. Austin Richards - "Dr.MegaVolt"


                                                                            Burning Man Artist - Nate Smith - "Fire Tornado" 


   



 





  


     AquaBurn: Official Screenings


             Beverley Hills Film Festival - (Best Director)


           Coney Island Film Festival - (Best Documentary)


           Action Cut Film Festival - (Special Jury Award)


            London Burning Man Film Festival - (Headlined)


          New York International Independent Film Festival


       Santa Cruz Burning Man film Festival - (Standing Ovation)


                        Cinequest Film Festival


                       Crested Butte Reel Fest


                          Flint Film Festival


         Healdsburg Burning Man Film Festival - (Headlined)


                    Under The Couch Film Festival


                        Hi Mom Film Festival         AQUABURN wins big at Film Festivals



                                AQUABURN wins "BEST DOCUMENTARY" - Coney Island New York - 2003


                                       AQUABURN headlines the Burning Man Film Festival - Brixton London


 


                                                   Director of "Playing God" Andy Wilson loved "AquaBurn"


   AQUABURN premiers at the New York International Film Festival in the Village New York


                       AQUABURN wins "SPECIAL JURY AWARD" in the LA Action Cut Film Festival     


                            "ARE YOU LOST?" wins 3rd place at the U.R.D Film Festival - San Francisco


                                                                                                Santa Cruz Film Festival


                             Rio 2002               Rio 2003                Rio 2004              Raven 2005


                                                                                                    New York Film Festival


     Coney Island 2003      Coney Island 2004     Coney Island 2005     Crested Butte 2005


                                               Studios invite Bill Breithaupt to discuss his next film project


   


 Flint Film Fest 2005     Hi-Mom Festival      Under the Couch FF        URD 2003



  Bill Breithaupt has over 45 years of filmmaking and Photography experience



                                                                                Breithaupt was SteadiCam certified in 1991


                           Bill Breithaupt going to the depths of 154 feet in Lake Tahoe


                                      Bill Breithaupt is a Certified "Dive Master" and has logged over 100 dives



  


 


  


 


 


  


  


Breithaupt has been on over 500 hikes carrying up to 80 pounds of camera gear


 




 


  


   Solar Eclipse (Idaho) 2017                               8 camera set up


 


   


                             Solar Eclipse (Idaho) 2017 


 


  


 


           Bill Breithaupt has traveled and filmed over 100 Skateparks


 


 


               Bill Breithaupt creating stop motion intro to his film




 


  


     "The Thing"     Bill meeting Legendary director John Carpenter    "They Live"


 


  


                     Jason Momoa as Khal Drago and Aquaman


 


  


                        Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in "Star Wars"


 


 


                       Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker "STAR WARS"


 


 


                                                       Richard Kiel as JAWS in "The Spy Who Loved Me"


 


                    Sean Astin                                 "Lord of the Rings"


 


 


                  Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown in "Back to the Future"  


 


 


         Geoffrey Lewis "High Plains Drifter" & "Every Which Way but Loose"


 


 


          Robert Patrick - "Terminator 2, Fire in the Sky, The Faculty, Diehard 2"


 


 


                 Michael Biehn - "Aliens, The Terminator, Tombstone"


 


 


                        Ray Park as Darth Maul "STAR WARS SAGA"


 


 


               Ian Mcdiarmid as Emperor "Senator Palpatine" Star Wars Saga


 


 


                               Linda Blair - "The Exorcist"


 


  


              Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's "PSYCHO"


 


   


            Dee Wallace - "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Cujo, The Howling"


 


 


         Kristy McNichol - "Little Darlings, Family, Empty Nest, The Love Boat"


 


 


                             Lindsey Wagner - "The Bionic Woman"   


 


 


                           Nichelle Nicols As Uhura in Star Trek


 


    


                             Stan Lee creator of "Spider-Man"


 


                    Cary Elwes From Robin Hood Men in Tights and The Princess Bride


 


 


                     Chris Kattan - "SNL" and "A Night at the ROXBURY"


 


  


           David Naughton as David Kessler in "American Werewolf in London"


 


 


                          Anthony Daniels as C3PO "STAR WARS"


 


  


                           Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca "STAR WARS"


 


  


 


 


       Buster and Me - Chris Prey                               Deadpool


 


 






 


Bill's film "THIS ONE'LL KILL YA" screened at the 1981 Mill Valley Film Festival


 


  


  Bill's horror film was shot on super 8 film and contained stop motion animation


 


     


           Bill Breithaupt's first film schoolteacher Darrell Sevilla at age 11


 


   


  Bill's Audio teacher Ed Marshal who engineered The Eagles "Hotel California"


 


 


   It was an honor for Bill Breithaupt to be in Metallica's Music video "Halo on Fire"


 




                            James Hetfield lead singer METALLICA


 


 


                            Mike Palm lead singer AGENT ORANGE


 


  


       AC/DC                    AC/DC Autographed Guitar plate              Angus Young AC/DC


 


 


 Bill got a personal concert from David Freiberg of Jefferson Starship on his 12th B-day


 


 


       Bill Breithaupt's childhood best friend Chris Adams of "Wonder Bread 5"


 


 


Stu Brooks Bassist - Danny Elfman/Matis      Aaron Dugan Guitarist for Matisyahu


 


 


  Chris Martin lead singer COLDPLAY        Scott Woodruff lead singer STICK FIGURE


 


  


            Chillin' Backstage with World Famous Singer MATISYAHU


 


  


  


         Bill Breithaupt worked on two music Videos for MATISYAHU


 


  


   Breithaupt's Photography mentor Fashion/Sports Photographer Michael Voorhees 


 


 


   Breithaupt purchased his first editing computer the "Video Toaster" in 1994


 


 


Breithaupt began learning "LIGHTWAVE 3-D" included with the "Video Toaster"


 


 


 Breithaupt enrolled into "Academy of Art" Pixar's Advanced Animation Program


 


  


Pixar Studios Jimmy Hayward-Animator/Teacher of Toy Story & Director of Johah Hex


 


  


     Traditional get a pint & talk shop with Jimmy Hayward after animation class


 


  


  


 


 Breithaupt's class visiting Pixar Studios paying homage to Jimmy Haywards hair color


 


 


  Bill Breithaupt's final animation "Flippy and Dippy" animation which received a B+


 




         Bill Breithaupt's wins 3-D Computer Animation Coolness Contest in 1995


 


    


    Bill Plympton                George Lucas and JJ Abrams             Richard Williams 


 


 


             Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - The Lego Movie - Directors


 Double Decker Couch Childhood Design by Bill Breithaupt at age 9 used in The Lego Movie




 


Jimmy Hayward invites Breithaupt to be the photographer and documentarian on his film


 




 Breithaupt was the continuity director, photographer & documentarian for "Two Bullets"


 


 


  Breithaupt produced the documentary film "Deprivation" the making of "Two Bullets"


 


 


 


 Breithaupt filmed and edited a Star Wars fan film that premiered at SF Comic Con 2018 




 




          ADRENALINE NETWORK created by Bill Breithaupt in 1997


 


  


                  You're watching the ADRENALINE NETWORK


 


 


          Hawaiian Skydive - Do something every day that scares you!


 


        


                  Get your ADRENALINE NETWORK T-Shirt today


 


  


                 You're watching the ADRENALINE NETWORK


 


  


                  You're watching the ADRENALINE NETWORK


 


 


  


                                                                     The Adrenaline Network crew visits Cabo San Lucas


 


  


  


  


 




                You're watching the ADRENALINE NETWORK


 




 


 


                       Shaun Murray - Top Pro Wakeboarder


 


  


  


      Breithaupt clocked over 1 hour fly time in the Sky Venture Wind Tunnel


 


  




  


 


         Adrenaline Network sponsors NASCAR legend Bobby Labonte 




  


                                                                                     NHRA Drag Racer Keeter Ray


 


    


 


 


 


 


                    Paul Le Mat aka John Milner from "American Graffiti"  


 


 


                   Legendary Skateboarder & Artist - Steve Caballero


 




 


                          BREITHAUPT SKATEBOARDS


 




                     BILL BREITHAUPT - Professional Skateboarder


 


   


               BILL BREITHAUPT - Pro Model Skateboards - Now Available


 


                                                                            


 




                      BREITHAUPT SKATEBOARDS - Now Available


 


 


Bill Breithaupt - Pro model - "find the B words" model for Gangster Planks Skates


 


 


 


         WALKER Skateboards "MASTERS of SKATEBOARDING" model


 


  




 


   


  


  


  


 


  


  


  


  


   


  




 


 




  


  


  


      


  


  


  


  


  


  


 


  


  


  


  


  


 


  


  


  


  


  


  


 


  


  


 


 


     


 


  


 


  


    


                                                                                              Tahoe Massacre Contest


 




  




 


 


         Breithaupt gets third place at the Sacramento Street Style #1


 


  


  


           Breithaupt winning first place at Santa Rosa Streetstyle event


 


  


   Breithaupt winning first place at San Jose Streetstyle against Stevie Roetter


 


  


  


            SF- Dish Contest                            Napa #2 Contest


 


 


             The day Tommy Guerrero came to the Novato Skate Demo


 


 


 


 


  




  Breithaupt breaking his leg upon landing this method at the Simi Valley contest


 


 


 Hospital bound for a cast lasting 3-months right at the beginning of summer break


 


  


 


                                Del Mar Skateboard Ranch


 


 




 


 


 


                      Bill doing a finger-flip in Uplands back bowls


 


 


 




 




 




 




 


  


  


 


 


 


   


  


 


 




                 Breithaupt had the first Half Pipe in Novato, CA


 


  


  


  VideoTronix production crew filming the infamous Breithaupt "Team Tippy" video


 


 


 


  


 


                       SkateBoarding Camp @ Burning Man


 


  


                                                       Steve Caballero - Legendary Pro Skateboarder

                            Dave Duncan                               Lance Mountain


                                      Omar Hasson                  Mark Partain                 Ron Allen


                                  The Walker Skateboard Team


                                         WALKER Skateboards "MASTERS of SKATEBOARDING" model


 Legendary Surfer/Skater Bruce Walker of Ocean Avenue and Walker Skateboards


  Breithaupt used to work in the shipping department at Ocean Avenue distribution


    Thrasher Magazine Skateboarding Photographer Morizen Foche aka MOFO


 


      Breithaupt gets a full-page ad in Thrasher Magazine for Walker Skateboards


  Breithaupt gets a full-page ad in Thrasher Magazine for the Walker Skateboards


   


   Breithaupt gets a full-page ad in Thrasher Magazine for INDEPENDENT TRUCKS


   Breithaupt gets a photo into Thrasher Magazine for a contest in Santa Rosa, CA


 Breithaupt gets a photo into Thrasher Magazine for a Thrasher Street Plant in AL


   


 4 page write up about Bill's adventures in TRANSWORLD skateboarding magazine


                      Breithaupt makes the cover of "The Alligator" newspaper in Gainesville Florida


             Bill in the IJ newspaper               Letter from Senator Milton Marks


 


 


 


 


 


      


 



                                                                                           Kirkwood Ski Resort - The Wall


                                                  Breithaupt working at Kirkwood as a prep cook and pastries baker


                                                                                Kirkwood Employee Housing "Animal House"


                                                                                                                     Make your own pie party


                                                      Kirkwood "Jammin' 6" contest video produced by Bill Breithaupt - 1998


 


                        Bill Breithaupt filming a snowboarding movie with professional skier Adam C.


 


          Bill Breithaupt has been to Kirkwood Ski Resort over 1000 times


          


  


     John Stanley - Creature Features          Mary Kay Consultant at Mary Kay's office



 


 


          Director - Dan Frank                        Artist - Olivia De Berardinis 


 


 


      Governor Gavin Newsom                         Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey


 


 


               Ted Koppel                               Bill's very first autograph - 1976


 


 


    Richard Brown Channel 7 News Anchor           Terilyn Joe Channel 7 News Anchor


 


      


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


  


 


 


 




   


 


 


   Bill Breithaupt's Great Great Grandfather Edward J.Jewhurst Auburn NY Fire Chief


 


  


 


 


 


 


              "The Horse Painting"                        Chief Jewhurst's Mason ring                


 


 



      Chief Jewhurst's bugle was recently donated last year in 2025 and that fact


                  was fully confirmed by The Auburn Fire Department


 


 


Chief Jewhurst's original fire helmet worn by his son and Grt Grt Grandson Bill Breithaupt


 



 


                                                                                      Chief Jewhurst's family lineage


 


  


  




 


 


  


                The one thing Breithaupt's Grandmother taught him was


                          "HOW TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS"


 


  


                          Bill Breithaupt's Grandpa Buteux


 


  


                         Bill Breithaupt's Grandpa Breithaupt


 




     On December 7th, 1941, two major events happened Diane Breithaupt was born


                               and the bombing of Pearl Harbor


 


  


                          Bill Breithaupt's Mom Diane Breithaupt


 


   


  


           Diane Breithaupt grew up on a golf course that her parents owned


 


 


        The Hillendale Golf Course owned by Breithaupt's Grandparents in Ithaca, NY


 


 


  Rod Serling the creator of "The Twilight Zone" was a frequent local of the golf course


 


 


 


 Rod Serling the creator of "The Twilight Zone" was a frequent local of the golf course


 


 




 


 


  




 


 


  


  


 


 




 


 


 


  


 


  


 


 


 


 


 


  


 


 




 


 


 


 


 




 




                H. Diane Breithaupt's retirement Ceremony 2-12-2000 


 


  


  


 


 Bill's Mom USCG service - 41 years     Mom's American Bar Association - 58 years


 


  


 





     Bills Great Grandmother's cross given to her by a priest which Bill had it


                          blessed with holy water by another priest



 


 


 


 


               Colonel James F Breithaupt                                  Billy and his dad  


                  


 


              United States Air Force                           United States Air Force - Veteran


 


  


 


  


  


  


 


  


 


    


 


  


 


  


  


 


  


 


 


  


 


  


 


 


                                   Grandpa Breithaupt


 


 


            Grandma Buteux                            Grandma Breithaupt


 


  


 


 


  


 


  


 


  


  


  


  


                              Breithaupt's Great Grandmother


 


 


  


 


  


 


Breithaupt's childhood home in McIntosh FL, stolen by a family member who is a thief POS


 


  


  


  


  


  




  IDYLWILD SCHOOL "Where the teachers are IDLE and the kids are WILD"


 


 


        Breithaupt painted this Eagle as a gift to Mom's secretary


 


 


 




 




 


 


 


  


                 Breithaupt Joines the "Cub Scouts" in Florida


 


 


 


              Breithaupt Joines the "Minnows Swim Team" in Florida


 




 


 


  


        Breithaupt Joines the "West Novato Musketeers Soccer Team"


 


 


 




 


  


   


  


 


 




 


                  Bill Breithaupt on the front page of the IJ newspaper


 




 


 Bill Breithaupt at the Westminster Woods Senior High Conference Summer Camp 1985


 




 


  


  


  


  


  


 


  


  


 


  


  


 


 


  


  


Breithaupt's Grandmother Buteux gifted him a relic Jesus statue from her grandfather



                          It sat in the closet unopened for 26 years


 




 



    


 


 




 


 


 


  


 


  


  


   


  


  


  


  


  


  


    


  


  


  


     


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


    


  


  


    


   


  


  


  


   


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


 


   


  


   


  


  


  


  


  


   


  


  


  


  


  


      


  


  


  


  


   


  


    


 


  


  


  


 


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


 


 


 




 




 


 


   


 




 


 


    


 


 


 




 


 


 


 


 


  


 

  


 


 


 


      


 


 


 


 



   


 



 


    


 


  


   


 


 



 



 


 




  


 


 


 


 




 


 


 


  


 


  


 


 



 



 


He then returned to his earlier passion of filmmaking. Apprenticing under the photographer Mike Voorhees in Newport Beach, CA he improved his framing techniques. He studied graphic arts at the Art Institute of So. California, film/audio techniques at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FL computer animation under Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward at the Academy of Art San Francisco.   


 


 


   


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


http://www.facebook.com/troy.sliter/videos/10155859143281505


 


Bill Breithaupt had the realization that photography and filmmaking were what he wanted to do in life. By age 9 he was enrolled in film classes, and made his first film "This One Will Kill You". The film was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival.  With a competitive streak ever-present in his character, as well as a high level of energy, Bill was involved in many sports including swim team, soccer and As his skills grew, followed by his trophy collection, he decided to attract the attention of sponsors by filming his incredible tricks. Bills idea worked, and under the sponsorship of such companies as Independent Trucks, Skate Rags Clothing Co, Stylized Sun Glasses and Walker Skateboards, Bill went on to win more skate competitions, bigger trophies and even more sponsors. He then returned to his earlier passion of filmmaking. Apprenticing under the photographer Mike Voorhees in Newport Beach, CA he improved his framing techniques. He studied graphic arts at the Art Institute of So. California, film/audio techniques at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FL computer animation under Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward at the Academy of Art San Francisco. 


 




                      Adrenaline Network Directed by Bill Breithaupt




                          Star Wars - Valley of Judgement



He began his career making videos: music, modeling, wedding, corporate and extreme sports, you name it, he has probably caught it on film. None of that compared to the footage he began capturing in 1999 when he was invited to by a friend to attend and film the annual Burning Man Festival held in Black Rock City, Nevada.


What started off as fulfilling a friend’s request for a souvenir video of the event became a passion for Bill. He passed out the edited footage to friends, who passed it to friends, who gave it to their friends,



 



         Bill Breithaupt's Computer Animation Demo Reel







 



                            Bill Breithaupt & Tate Clair "It Takes Two"



                             Bill Breithaupt's Skateboarding Demo Reel



                Bill Breithaupt's first Skateboarding Demo Reel



 


 


              Bill Breithaupt Snowboarding at Kirkwood Ski Resort, CA




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