Executive Creative Project Manager

William (Bill) Wittliff

2012-2015

 

Oversaw all of Wittliff’s on-going creative projects - spanning multiple fine art photo exhibitions, digitizing photo catalog, film productions, writing and publication of a fictional Trilogy, design and publication of fine art photography books and the acquisition of a complete set of Edward Curtis’ The North American Indian for his non-profit The Wittliff Collections, housed at Texas State University.

 
  • Assisted Wittliff in the research, procurement and compilation of a complete set of Edward Curtis’ “The North American Indian” for the Wittliff Collections- only 272 are believed to exist in the world, most owned by private collectors, national archives and museums.

  • Digitally scanned, restored and cataloged the analog negatives of over 1,000 of Wittliff’s most well-known works - including images from Lonesome Dove, Vaquero, Boystown and La Vida Brinca.

  • Resourced and established an in-house digital fine art printing lab for a selection of Wittliff’s most popular and profitable images - assisting in funding the acquisition of creative works and portfolios for the Wittliff Collection.

  • Collaborated with Wittliff in hands-on research and development of proprietary solargraphy technical method, efforts which resulted in Wittliff’s photo exhibition and photo book titled “Sunrise Sunset: Solargraphs by Bill Wittliff”

  • Acted as Beta Reader and copy editor for Wittliff’s fictional literary trilogy,“The Papa Stories” - The Devil’s Backbone (2014), The Devil’s Sinkhole (2016) and The Devil’s Fork (2018).

  • Assisted in executing pre-production, production and post-production tasks and communications during the production of the Wittliff film “A Night In Old Mexico” (2014).

Skills & Tools

 
  • Analog film development and processing

  • Epson high resolution scanning

  • Adobe Lightroom / Photoshop / Indesign

  • Microsoft Office

  • Copy Writing

  • Copy Editing

  • Sense of humor / Sharp Wit

  • Research

  • Negotiation skills

a little about Bill Wittliff…

Infamous Texan Raconteur and Philanthropist - Oscar nominated screenwriter of Lonesome Dove, Legends of the Fall and A Perfect Storm; World-renowned Fine Art Photographer, and Author of The Papa Stories Trilogy. Founder of Encino Press and the Wittliff Collections, located at Texas State University.

Bill Wittliff - New York Times