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BILL CARTER
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StoreBill Carter has written the acclaimed memoirs Fools Rush In and Red Summer, and directed the award-winning film Miss Sarajevo.
“This book is like Good Morning Vietnam crossed with a Conrad novel.”- The London Times
“After reading FOOL’S RUSH IN, you may find yourselves giving much greater consideration to what in life is important and what is merely trivial.”-JON KRAKAUER Best-selling author of “Into the Wild”
“Dante’s Inferno for the MTV Generation. What a guide Bill Carter turns out to be to the hell of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. Oddly, and inspiringly, he finds some heaven there” - BONO
“Bill Carter’s graphic memoir opens a whole new window on modern conflict.”- What’s On In London
“CARTER’S BOOK READS LIKE A NOVEL, evoking a lost city inhabited by angels, bandits, punks and adrenaline fiends. (He) reaches far beyond personal experience to find a story of a wounded city, and a war that pitted neighbor against neighbor in a nightmare of endless hatred.”- Ginanne Brownell NEWSWEEK
“FOOLS RUSH IN is a totally admirable book, the memoir of a young man written out of necessity, the only true reason to write a book...its consciousness will become part of your life.”-JIM HARRISON, Author of LEGENDS OF THE FALL and TRUE NORTH.
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“Mis
s Sar
ajev
o”In
tern
atio
nal M
onito
r Aw
ard
The
Mav
erick
Dire
ctor
Aw
ard
Gold
en H
ugo
Bill C
arte
r is t
he d
irect
or o
f the
aw
ard-
win
ning
doc
umen
tary
film
Miss
Sar
ajev
o, w
hich
inclu
des
perso
nal a
ccou
nts f
rom
his
expe
rienc
es d
elive
ring
aid
to th
e be
siege
d cit
y of
Sar
ajev
o du
ring
the
Bosn
ian
War
. In
com
plet
ely
extra
ordi
nary
circ
umst
ance
s, du
ring
the
war
Car
ter e
stab
lishe
d a
“live
” sat
ellit
e fe
ed b
etwe
en th
e pe
ople
of S
araj
evo
and
Euro
pean
conc
erts
of t
he ro
ck b
and
U2.
Fo
r Sar
ajev
ans,
this
was
an
oppo
rtuni
ty to
spea
k to
milli
ons o
f you
ng p
eopl
e ab
out l
ife u
nder
sie
ge a
nd d
estru
ctio
n of
Sar
ajev
o, a
nd h
elpe
d to
spur
wor
ld a
ctio
n to
end
the
confl
ict. C
arte
r also
es
tabl
ished
a co
ntac
t with
MTV
, thr
ough
whi
ch S
araj
evan
s had
an
oppo
rtuni
ty to
add
ress
an
audi
ence
of 1
00 m
illion
peo
ple
durin
g an
ined
ited
two-
hour
“win
dow
.”
He’s
sinc
e he
ld m
ore
than
50
lect
ures
at u
nive
rsitie
s suc
h as
Har
vard
, New
York
Uni
versi
ty &
Bo
ston
Col
lege
- sh
owin
g hi
s film
“Miss
Sar
ajev
o” a
nd ta
lking
abo
ut th
e w
ar in
Bos
nia.
In
2009
he
was
give
n ho
nora
ry ci
tizen
ship
to S
araj
evo
- an
hono
r nor
mal
ly be
stow
ed u
pon
head
s of s
tate
(h
e is
the
seco
nd jo
urna
list t
o re
ceive
the
hono
r, af
ter C
hrist
iane
Am
anpo
ur).
Carte
r’s fi
rst b
ook,
Fool
s Rus
h In
, is a
bout
his
expe
rienc
es h
and-
deliv
erin
g 1,
200
tons
of f
ood
durin
g th
e Bo
snia
n W
ar a
nd ta
kes t
he re
ader
on
an e
mot
iona
l jou
rney
from
Ala
ska
to S
araj
evo
to th
e So
uthw
est a
nd b
ack a
gain
. The
mem
oir,
to w
hich
Jim
Har
rison
des
crib
es a
s, “a
mem
oir
of g
rand
dim
ensio
n an
d its
cons
cious
ness
will
beco
me
part
of y
our l
ife,”
is a
stor
y of
pas
siona
te
love
, tra
gic l
oss a
nd th
e di
ffere
nce
a sin
gle
perso
n ca
n m
ake
- eve
n w
hen
the
odds
seem
in
surm
ount
able
.
Carte
r’s se
cond
mem
oir R
ed S
umm
er is
the
true
stor
y of
his
expe
rienc
e se
t net
fish
ing
in E
gegi
k, Al
aska
on
the
shor
es o
f Bris
tol B
ay o
ver t
he co
urse
of f
our s
easo
ns. T
he b
ook c
hron
icles
the
extre
me
phys
ical a
nd m
enta
l exh
aust
ion
invo
lved
in h
arve
stin
g w
ild sa
lmon
from
the
larg
est
and
mos
t sus
tain
able
fish
run
in th
e wo
rld. T
he m
emoi
r fol
low
s the
rugg
ed se
a ca
ptai
n Sh
aron
Ha
rt w
ho is
bot
h re
vere
d an
d hi
ghly
resp
ecte
d fo
r her
skill
and
expe
rienc
e in
a p
rofe
ssio
n m
ostly
do
min
ated
by
men
. Car
ter h
as si
nce
beco
me
an e
xper
t on
the
Pebb
le M
ine
issue
that
thre
aten
s th
e en
tire
Brist
ol B
ay fi
sher
y, an
d is
at w
ork o
n a
new
boo
k abo
ut co
pper
.
In th
e pa
st 1
5 ye
ars h
e ha
s tra
vele
d to
mor
e th
an 4
5 co
untri
es a
nd h
as w
ritte
n fo
r mag
azin
es
inclu
ding
Rol
ling
Ston
e, M
en’s
Jour
nal, G
ear a
nd S
pin
- and
has
dire
cted
shor
t doc
umen
tary
film
s fo
r Em
mylo
u Ha
rris a
nd C
alex
ico.
He cu
rrent
ly liv
es in
Sou
ther
n Ar
izona
.
Accl
aim
ed m
emoi
rs
Awar
d-w
inni
ng fi
lm
“Red
Sum
mer
”
“Foo
ls Ru
sh In
”
BILL
CAR
TER
| BI
O |
STO
RE |
MED
IA |
SHAR
E |
A viv
id, u
nfor
getta
ble
acco
unt o
f the
dan
ger,
pain
, and
joy
of w
orkin
g on
a sa
lmon
fish
ing
boat
and
livin
g in
a
smal
l villa
ge o
n th
e fa
rthes
t edg
e of
Ala
ska.
Set i
n th
e tin
y N
ative
villa
ge o
f Ege
gik o
n th
e sh
ores
of A
lask
a’s B
risto
l Bay
, Bill
Carte
r’s R
ed S
umm
er is
the
thril
ling
stor
y of
one
man
’s jo
urne
y fro
m n
ovice
to se
ason
ed fi
sher
man
ove
r the
cour
se o
f fou
r bea
utifu
l, br
utal
sum
mer
s in
one
of th
e ea
rth’s
few
rem
aini
ng w
ild p
lace
s. As
milli
ons o
f sal
mon
race
tow
ard
thei
r an
nual
spaw
ning
gro
unds
, Car
ter l
earn
s the
anc
ient
, bac
k bre
akin
g tra
de o
f the
set n
et fi
sher
man
, one
of t
he
mos
t exh
ilara
ting
and
dang
erou
s job
s in
the
world
.
Visit
the
offic
ial R
ed S
umm
er w
ebsit
e he
re!
Som
e tri
ps a
re ch
osen
, oth
ers c
hoos
e yo
u. W
hen
trage
dy st
rikes
Bill
Carte
r’s lif
e he
find
s him
self
draw
n to
a w
ar zo
ne.
Shar
ing
his e
xtra
ordi
nary
jour
ney
into
a m
oder
n he
art o
f dar
knes
s, th
e be
siege
d cit
y of
Sar
ajev
o, w
e m
eet a
man
re
build
ing
the
ruin
s of h
is fo
rmer
self
in th
e m
ost u
nlike
ly of
pla
ces.
Carte
r joi
ns a
mav
erick
aid
org
aniza
tion,
‘The
Ser
ious
Roa
d Tr
ip,’
and
dodg
es sn
iper
s and
shel
ls to
del
iver f
ood
and
supp
lies t
o th
ose
the
UN
and
the
NGO
s can
’t re
ach.
He
mak
es fr
iend
s with
the
artis
tic co
mm
unity
of S
araj
evo
and
fight
s al
ongs
ide
them
for s
urviv
al in
a p
lace
whe
re fo
od a
nd w
ater
are
scar
ce, w
here
you
mee
t dea
th e
very
day
, but
cruc
ially
w
here
life,
love
and
laug
hter
ring
out
all t
he sa
me.
The
sorro
w, d
eter
min
atio
n an
d hu
mou
r of a
sele
ct g
roup
of p
eopl
e liv
ing
in th
e wo
rst o
f tim
es w
ill le
nd h
im th
e ke
y to
his
own
reco
very
.
Fool
s Rus
h In
take
s us o
n an
em
otio
nal r
olle
r-coa
ster
ride
from
Ala
ska
to D
ublin
to Lo
s Ang
eles
to S
araj
evo
and
back
ag
ain
whi
le C
arte
r see
ks a
nswe
rs to
que
stio
ns h
e di
dn’t
even
know
he
had.
Com
pellin
g, h
umor
ous,
hope
ful a
nd a
t tim
es
alm
ost b
eyon
d be
lief,
it is
none
thel
ess a
ll tru
e.
BILL
CAR
TER
| BI
O |
Miss
Sar
ajev
o is
a su
rreal
and
star
tling
por
trait
of S
araj
evo,
the
capi
tal c
ity o
f Bos
nia,
dur
ing
the
heig
ht o
f th
e cit
y’s s
iege
. Win
ner o
f the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Mon
itor A
war
d, G
olde
n Hu
go, a
nd th
e M
aver
ick D
irect
or A
war
d (N
ewpo
rt Be
ach
Film
Fest
ival).
Inst
ead
of fo
llow
ing
the
scen
es o
f car
nage
that
the
mai
n m
edia
so o
ften
sque
ezes
into
thirt
y se
cond
dra
mat
ic so
und
bite
s, Ca
rter’s
cam
era
follo
ws t
he a
ltern
ative
scen
e of
arti
sts,
youn
g pe
ople
and
the
peop
le d
eter
min
ed to
live
as n
orm
al a
life
as th
ey co
uld
unde
r the
mos
t diffi
cult
and
dang
erou
s con
ditio
ns.
U2’
s sin
ger B
ono
serv
es a
s exe
cutiv
e pr
oduc
er a
nd U
2, a
long
with
Lucia
no P
avor
otti,
sing
the
them
e so
ng, M
iss S
araj
evo.
Car
ter a
nd B
ono
met
in It
aly
at a
U2
conc
ert d
urin
g th
e w
ar w
hen
Carte
r man
aged
to
inte
rvie
w B
ono
for S
araj
evo
tele
visio
n. T
hey
went
on
to d
o th
e we
ll-do
cum
ente
d sa
tellit
e co
nnec
tions
on
the
Euro
pean
leg
of th
e Zo
orop
a to
ur.
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rter:
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r: Ho
nora
ry C
itize
n of
the
City
of S
araj
evo
2009
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rter’s
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