Bill George, Documentary Filmmaker

Well Happy New Year everyone and I hope your new year's resolutions your commitments your intentions your wet January, whatever it may be, I hope that’s all still intact and dialed in and you’re having a great start to 2023 and had a great holiday season.  

Well welcome to season 2 of the Rancho Cordova Podcast brought to you by the California Capital Film Office, we brought you 14 episodes last year, and we kicked this podcast off on Sept 21^st, 2022 with a great conversation with the long-serving City Manager, Cyrus Abhar who retired December 31^st. and followed up with 13 additional conversations with leaders from across the City of Rancho Cordova. Leaders in all sectors, individuals who are shaping how we see our city today, and in the future, and if you haven’t checked out those episodes, I invite you to do so, and I welcome you to the first episode of our second season. 

We begin the season with a wide-ranging conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Bill George  

Bill’s new documentary Rancho Cordova: From Gold Rush to Space will be released in conjunction with the City of Rancho Cordova’s 20^th Anniversary of Incorporation as a City later this year. 

Bill George has accomplished much in his 68 years. 

First, right out of college he entered an exciting career as a TV news producer working in serval large TV markets around the US and finally landing here in Sacramento at KCRA the NBC affiliate.  

After several years in Television News, Bill pivoted to a career in business during which time he was appointed to a State role by the then Governor of California, Pete Wilson. 

In his third act, Bill founded Nimbus Films which went on to produce several historical documentaries all of which aired on the Sacramento PBS station KVIE and he even found time to write and publish three historical non-fiction books.   

Bill and I had a truly interesting conversation. We covered Bill’s achievements as a journalist, TV news producer, and today as a successful documentary filmmaker. I really enjoyed speaking with Bill and I hope you enjoy this episode.