Billy Yeager

Billy Yeager is a singer-songwriter, musician, actor and filmmaker who has written, produced and directed several low-budget independent feature films. Billy Yeager composes all the music for his films, performing all the instruments himself, and he also performs as many of the lead characters. In 1991, he was discovered by Grammy Award Winner Bruce Hornsby, and he has recorded music with many world renowned musicians such as the Inner Circle Band, Ira Sullivan, and Jaco Pastorius. Yeager's life was filmed since he was 8 years old by his aunt Bunny Yeager, and some of the footage was edited into a fictional film called "Jimmy's Story." Jimmy’s Story is a combination of several film genres: documentary film, mockumentary, pseudo-docu, docu-fiction, and cinema verite. The first version of "Jimmy's Story" was completed in 1996. Infused with a sense of purpose as an artist, Yeager decided he wanted to challenge the audience's perception of fame and success, and society's obsession with celebrities, while also exposing the media and the press that promote sensational news and trivial matters to the public. Heralded as a major achievement, "Jimmy's Story" won an unprecedented 4 awards at the Dahlonega International Film Festival in 2003 for Best first film, Best director, Best documentary and Best folk film, and Best Documentary at the Palm Beach International Film Festival.