Bill Kimberlin, author of "Inside The Star Wars Empire," studied film at San Francisco State University and The American Film Institute. After graduation, he worked in post-production for a San Francisco film company as a sound technician and later as a film editor. As an independent filmmaker Bill produced his first documentary, Jeffries-Johnson 1910, on Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, with the help of Francis Ford Coppola.
Currently writing books and screen plays, Bill divides his time between Berkeley and Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, California. He also runs a small film distribution company. "Inside The Star Wars Empire" is a personal memoir about Bill's career in film, including his twenty years at LucasFilm’s Industrial Light & Magic.