Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe

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No movie has ever been made, or made well, without the character who toils just outside the spotlight. He arranged for the spotlight, hired the spotlight operator, and even made sure that it was trained correctly on the stars. At the end of the day, there would be no blinking movie screens, no blinking Oscar winners, no finished films, good or bad, without the Assistant Director.

Jerry Ziesmer was an assistant director for over thirty years, working on countless f...