William VanDerKloot III ’74  William J. VanDerKloot, III '74 is a Peabody Award Winning director based in Atlanta, Ga. He
is the President of VanDerKloot Film & Television, and its sister companies Little Mammoth Media
and Magick Lantern. For more than 30 years, Bill VanDerKloot has worked to ''make films that make a difference.'' Other films include Portrait of America: Georgia for TBS, World of Audubon, Cumberland:
Island in Time, as well as many others.
Flying the Secret Sky: The Story of the RAF Ferry Command is the fascinating story of Bill
VanDer-Kloot, Jr. who was one of hundreds of civilian and military flyers who risked their lives
pioneering global air routes during WWII. The difficulties thev faced made them expert pilots and in 1942, VanDerKloot was asked by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to become his wartime pilot, heading a crew of American and Canadian Ferry Command Airmen.
For Bill VanDerKloot III, the film's writer, director and producer, the filmmaking has had a personal resonance, as he traced his
father's footsteps and his flight paths.
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