The Film School Generation

          Steven Spielberg was known for his impressive films. He was recognized worldwide as the greatest filmmaker in our contemporary history. Spielberg was know for his films Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T, Schindler's List, Lincoln, and many more. He has won countless awards for his films and as a filmmaker, he said that he likes taking people into a dark theater with a thousand strangers and giving them experiences they'll never forget. Next one is George Lucas, who broke all box office records and earned seven Academy Awards in his blockbuster film Star Wars. Third is John Milius, who then came to prominence in the 1970s, when he was associated with Francis Ford Coppola and the pre-Star Wars in 1977. In 1967, John MIlius won the first prize at USC School of Cinema for his student film Marcello, I'm Bored. Lastly, Jonathan Taplin, the producer of the mean streets that became a critical and box office success. Mean Streets was selected for The Cannes Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1996, he produced 26 hours of television documentaries (includig "The Prize" and the "Cadillac Desert" for PBS) and 12 feature films including The Last Waltz, Until the End of the World, Under Fire and To Die For. His films were nominated for Oscars and Golden Globe Awards and also chosen for The Cannes Film Festival seven times. His television work garnered three Emmy Nominations.

           Brian de Palma was one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the movement in Hollywood during the late 1970s. He's know for his films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers with his famous film Sisters, Femme Fatale, Mission to Mars, and his latest film, Passion. Next one is Gary Kurtz, a producer who produced several films and TV series. He produced the Star Wars: Episode V in 1980. Third is Walter Murch who was a sound designer. He has been editing sound in Hollywood. One of his project is The Godfather: Part II in 1974. He won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation in !974. He won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now in 1979, and won a double record on Oscar for sound and film editing for his work on The English Patient in 1996. Walter coined the term "Sound Designer", to raise the art and impact of film sound to a new level. Paul Schrader who was a writer/director made several films. After a period as a film critic, he began writing screenplays, hitting the jackpot when he and his brother, Leonard Schrader (a Japanese expert) were paid the ten-record sum of 325,000 US Dollars, thus establishing his reputation as one of Hollywood's screenwriters, which was combined when Mmartin Scorsese filmed Schrader's script, Taxi Driver in 1976. The success if the film allowed Schrader to start directing his own films, which have been notable for their willingness to take stylistic and thematic risks while still working with the Hollywood system. The most original of his films (which he and many other regard as his best) was the Japanese co-production Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters in 1985. And lastly, Gary Frederickson, was the prooducer for all three famous Godfather films, as well as Apocalypse Now, also with Francis Coppola.

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