Billy Yeager

William Conrad Yeager (Billy Yeager) born September 6, 1957, in Hollywood, Florida 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. Billy Yeager picked up his father's guitar at age 6 and taught himself to play; he began writing music at the age of 11. In 1991 he was discovered by Grammy Award Winner Bruce Hornsby, and he has recorded music with many world renowned musicians such us the Inner Circle Band, Ira Sullivan, Jaco Pastorius. Yeager's life was filmed since he was 8 years old and the footage was compiled and edited into a film called 'Jimmy's Story'. From 1996 Yeager dyed his skin black and created music that was considered by the experts to be the Lost Bolero tapes of Jimi Hendrix, convincing the press internationally that he was the illegitimate son of Jimi Hendrix. Yeager edited this footage into his film 'Jimmy's Story.' 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. The first version of 'Jimmy's Story' was completed in 1997, however Yeager kept filming his life for another 5 years. There exists 6 different versions of the film. The master tapes of the first 4 original versions were lost and today they are considered collectible. In 2003 Yeager produced and directed the film 'The Florida Highwaymen', which tells the story about the famous Florida folk artists / painters known as The Florida Highwaymen, whose paintings are highly sought after by art collectors. Yeager's next film was called 'A Perfect Song.' Yeager gained 35 pounds and shaved his head for the lead role of Lloyd. He won Best Actor at the Delray Beach Film Festival in 2004. Billy Yeager and his wife Anais spent the next 7 years making the film 'Jesus of Malibu.' 'Jesus of Malibu' is a film trilogy that follows the characters Mindy and Jesus on their quest to discover Truth. The Yeagers filmed in over 13 states, and completed their film without a film crew. Yeager lost 30 pounds dropping his weight from 182 to 152 and grew his hair and a beard for over 2 years for the role of Jesus. The film will only be screened in the desert for Mindy's Wish and Foundation. The Yeagers began filming their next movie 'Sebastian Beach One Fine Day' in 2012. Drew Kampion the former editor of Surfer magazine, Surfing, and Sufer's Path stated that "The wonderful thing about this creative product of the combined wills and imaginations of Anais and Billy Yeager is how profoundly it succeeds in quietly crystallizing an alternative reality in the here and now." The film premiered in 2012 at the NYC Surf Film Festival. In 2014 Maltese Productions produced the documentary film called 'The Film That Changed The World' directed by Michael Kirk. The documentary tells the story of the Yeagers' desire to create a "transcendental film." Billy is the nephew of Bunny Yeager who is known as the legendary 1950's pin-up and photographer, who discovered Betty Page. Billy taught film acting in 1998-2001. He established the nation's first on-camera, on-location acting class. Yeager used real film scripts, lights, sound, and film cameras to teach his film acting method. Yeager also created the first acting demo reels. 'The Film That Changed The World' (the making of the film 'Jesus of Malibu') won the Most Inspirational Movie Award at the Red Dirt International Film Festival in 2015. The Yeagers continue to create art, music and films to change the world. Their mission is to raise consciousness and "help those who cannot help themselves".