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Bill Day
Born (1959-09-12) September 12, 1959 (age 65)
New York, United States
Alma materUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Occupations
Employer(s)Discovery Channel
National Geographic Channel
Known forHis 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 workMissionary Positions
The Pussycat Preacher
Real or Fake? (YouTube show)
PartnerMarcheline Bertrand (1978–1989)
Children2
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
GenreTravel vlog Knowledge
Subscribers2.62 million[1]
Total views997 million[1]
NetworkYouTube
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: September 26, 2022

Bill Day (born September 12, 1959) is an American documentary filmmaker and YouTuber. Day worked for both the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel.[2] For CNN, he produced a documentary film about the Osa Peninsula.[3]

Career

Day directed the documentary Saviors of the Forest which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.[4] 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]

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.[5] With Carlo Gennarelli, he co-produced Ordinary Joe, a documentary film about Joe Sciacca, a Vietnam veteran from New York City.[6] Day made a film about XXXchurch.com called Missionary Positions.[7] He also produced and directed The Pussycat Preacher, a film about Heather Veitch and her organization, JC's Girls.[8]

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]

Personal life

Day dated Marcheline Bertrand for a time and helped her raise Angelina Jolie and James Haven, whom she had with Jon Voight.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "About billschannel". YouTube.
  2. ^ Pradeep Thakur. Angelina Jolie: The Word's Most Powerful Celebrity?. Lulu. p. 39. ISBN 8190870599.
  3. ^ Heleen van den Hombergh (2004). No Stone Unturned: Building Blocks of Environmentalist Power Versus Transnational Industrial Forestry in Costa Rica. Rozenberg Publishers. p. 161. ISBN 9036190827.
  4. ^ "Saviors of the Forest". Sundance Institute. 1993.
  5. ^ Erica Goode (August 27, 2000). "When the Life-and-Death Drama is Real". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Ordinary Joe". PBS. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "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'". The Observer. February 12, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  8. ^ "The Pussycat Preacher". New Orleans Film Society. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Jim Jerome (April 11, 1983). "For Single Father Jon Voight, Table for Five is a Story Close to His Own Painful Experience". People. Vol. 19, no. 14. Retrieved January 12, 2013.