Now available in paperback 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 films before his retirement in the middlenineties. He has worked with some of Hollywoods biggest directors and its biggest stars. In this memoir he recounts his time in Hollywood including his work on the sets of Apocalypse Now Close Encounters and Jerry Maguire. Written with the craft and humor that made Jerry Ziesmer one of the most soughtafter assistant directors in Hollywood this book will be a treasure for students and fans of twentiethcentury Hollywood. Cloth edition previously published in 2000. show more