Filmmaker/Writer/Entrepreneur
<p>Bi<a href="http://www.theedgeofnever.com/" target="_blank"><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.saltminestoryworks.com/storage/post-images/history-photo.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1323887232455" alt="" width="222" height="268" /></a>ll Kerig is an award-winning writer, producer, director and former professional skier. He wrote the book <a href="http://www.theedgeofnever.com/" target="_blank"><em>Th</em><em>e Edge of Never</em></a>, and was the writer, director and executive producer of the Showtime Networks 2009 documentary feature film <em><a href="http://www.edgeofneverfilm.com/" target="_blank">The Edge of Never</a>.</em> He co-produced and was second unit director of the 2007 Sony Classics film <a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/steep/" target="_blank"><em>Steep</em></a>. In addition to producing for CBS, ABC and Fox Sports, he co-produced, wrote and was second-unit director of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163764/combined" target="_blank"><em>Net Worth</em></a>, a 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment feature film starring Daniel Baldwin.</p> <p><a href="http://www.readytoflyfilm.com/" target="_blank"><em>Ready To Fly </em></a>is Kerig's current project and is a documentary feature film about World Ski Jumping Champion Lindsey Van who is thrust into a fight that’s far bigger than her dreams, larger than ski jumping or even sport. She becomes the reluctant hero as she and her ad hoc women’s ski jumping family battle entrenched attitudes and seemingly omnipotent gatekeepers to prove that women deserve to compete at the highest level: in the Winter Olympics.</p> <p>Kerig is the President of <a href="http://www.saltminestoryworks.com/" target="_blank">Salt Mine Storyworks</a>, a small creative company that builds great films and Internet applications. Salt Mine believes that a good, well-told story is the most powerful force in the world.</p>