Bill Wetzel(I)
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Wetzel is an enrolled Blackfeet Indian and a native of Cut Bank,
Montana. He spent his teenage years pursuing sports, competing in rodeo
as a bull rider and wrestling. He was twice an all-state wrestler,
twice a Big Sky State Games freestyle state champion and a member of
the 1993 Montana All-Star Cultural Exchange team which competed in
Bulgaria. After graduating, he spent two years as an assistant
wrestling coach at Cut Bank High School, before eventually attending
the Art Institute of Seattle where he attained an A.A.A degree in Video
Production. At AIS, Wetzel honed his writing, video and film skills
working in various capacities on many projects. Currently he is a
Creative Writing student at the University of Arizona and the co-author
of a novel of short stories entitled "The Acorn Gathering: Writers
Uniting Against Cancer." A close friend of Nick Pezzillo, grandson of
'Blackie Wetzel', parents Pete and Grace Wetzel, brothers Rex, Justin and Tim
and friend of Chad Onstad.
