Billy Greer has been writing for over 40 years, having described his favourite hobby as, ‘my Pilates’.  With a songbook of more than 1600 songs (mostly country), having managed two singers over a span of 30 years, he saw himself in the music business, as a songwriter, before anything else.  Recently, having produced his first feature documentary, Was I Next? The Sean Cribbin Story, Billy’s enjoying the film industry more than he could have imagined.
The transition from the music industry to film production was fairly smooth and organic. As a teen, he was interested in photography and recalls being fascinated with filters, shadows and lighting effects on film. Through the years, he did a little extra work on various films including The Collaborator, (Martin Donovan, Director) and Ecstasy, (Rob Heydon, Director). Chasing this budding dream a little further, Billy moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to work with an Executive Producer on a movie project. During this time on the west coast, his interest in the industry would grow beyond writing treatments and scripts.As a producer and owner of iCogitate Productions, he assembled a team of industry professionals to help produce their first documentary. Was I Next set the bar fairly high for our first project, having won more than 130 awards worldwide.  Billy is currently working on a series for television, a 3-part docuseries and a new feature documentary.
Our film distributor, Mark Busby of the Film Volt Group (UK) has released Was I Next, this past July 2022. The team is working on our first book to movie deal, “I am beyond excited for the possibilities on the horizon.”  Cogitate means to think about something so deeply, it changes you. Billy never anticipated enjoying film production as much as he did, “the film industry has changed me these past few years and I can’t wait to see what story we tell next.”