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Bob Koster

spent over thirty years in film and TV production as a Unit Production Manager and First Assistant Director on everything from hundreds of TV commercials for such products as airlines, cars, and shaving cream (Remember the old Noxzema ad? "Take it off! Take it all off!") to Feature Films like Hello Dolly!, and Man in the Glass Booth, to TV series such as Police Story to the ultimate novel-for-TV, War and Remembrance. Check out my resume.

Semi retired now, I decided to relax :-) by teaching. I have taught the class in Film Production Planning at USC. And you can visit one of my classrooms at UCLA Extension where I teach Production Management, Line Producing, and Scheduling and Budgeting using computers. As if that weren't enough,

I also have concentrated more on lecturing for universities and groups on the origins of film and film development in various genres. For more information or to contact me about giving your group a lecture or a class, please contact me at rkoster@starcomp.net, or give a voice call at (805) 482-9117.

Order Bob Koster's Budget Book for Film and Television from Barnes and Noble!

Go to the Assistant Directors Training Program

Antje and Bob Koster

rkoster@starcomp.net

My Family, God Bless Them

You can see a few familiar faces from Show Biz here. Please visit and enjoy. I am proud of them all!

Especially my two sons:

Chris Koster ("Ziggy Cannonball"), and his fantastic band Yesterday's Child
Click here for Yesterday's Child concert schedule and band info.

And Kevin Koster, a 12-year member of the Directors Guild of America, free-lancing in production departments around the country.
If you are lucky you can catch him between gigs and hire him for your show.

Good stuff, some relevant, some not so....

is an excellent source of movie news.

Be sure to visit your Internet provider.

And for the world's most complete database of movie info on hundreds of thousands of films worldwide and the casts and crews that made them, go to

The Great Internet Movie Database!

But beware. It's addicting. And you'll end up adding your own info to this fantastic storehouse of knowledge.

Knock knock! Who's there? Oswego! Oswego who? "Oswego, into the wild blue yonder..." When I was a kid I always wanted to join the Army Air Corps. Guess that dates me. Anyway, it's all growed up now and is fascinating. The United States Air Force protects us as our first line of defense. It also has some fascinating pictures and facts about space, satellites, and the latest state-of-the-art airframes.

Interests...

One of the pleasures of having my own home page is to share my delights with my friends. I have always admired superb craftsmanship in any realm, but especially: Classic Automobiles such as the , a car of magnificent design in the era when safety and ecology hadn't legislated all the fun out of driving.
Of all the Bugattis made, and about 7500 were, the six known as "La Royale" were undoubtedly the most cherished of all time. When new, in 1931 or so, they sold for $50,000, at a time when the average person took home $10-$15 salary per week.
All six cars still exist, and the last one sold for over $15,000,000.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

The Bugatti Type 41, "La Royale"

Would you like to set your watch to the National Bureau of Standards? Please do.

Art. It elevates the soul, feeds the psyche. Separates us from the lower orders of animals. A feast for the eyes. Some art is extraordinary and exists in a class by itself. Such are the Paintings in the French caves at Vallon - Pont d'Arc (Ardeche).
These were only discovered in 1994, and look as if they were painted yesterday. Try to ignore the fact that these are 30,000 years old. Thirty thousand years! Then ponder for a moment that the artist, in the middle of France, painted not only horses and cattle, but also Penguins and Rhinoceros! How did they get to France? And the paintings themselves are exquisite. Enjoy them.

French Cave Paintings

The liveliest art. Showbiz. Tinseltown. Moom pitchers. The Cinemaaahhh. Call it what you will, we all owe our livelihoods to the artistry of two men who founded the industry. Almost everything we have done since is in imitation of these two.

Sir Charles Chaplin, arguably the greatest director, writer, producer, composer, editor, and, oh yes, comedic actor of all time,

and
David Wark Griffith, the man who invented the movie industry.

Most of you probably did not know this, but when I was in college my favorite sport was Fencing!
It is almost a lost art now. I saw a foil competition about six years ago at Cal Tech for the Western championship and the competitors were using Sabre moves with Foils! What blasphemy!