Steve Sabol
Steve Sabol
Stephen Douglas "Steve" Sabolwas an American filmmaker. He was the president and one of the founders of NFL Films, along with his father Ed. He was also a widely exhibited visual artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 October 1942
CountryUnited States of America
bowl care gone super
No one used to care about halftime. But the Super Bowl has gone from a game, to an experience, to an event, to a holiday.
course maybe reporters
There were maybe 30 reporters during the course of the whole day.
bowl corporate crowd event super
The Super Bowl is such a corporate event that even the crowd doesn't have the same intensity.
covering easiest miss people
Covering a Super Bowl is actually one of the easiest things we do because our most experienced people are there. We'll have 25,000 feet of film and there's no way you're going to miss anything.
art develop frozen game helped nurture sports traditions
We see the game as art as much as sport. That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.
films hear music
How about that? You can hear NFL Films music on everything from 'SpongeBob SquarePants' to 'Deep Throat.'
call ends line pro starts whistle
I remember when we were making 'They Call It Pro Football,' which was our 'Citizen Kane.' The first line is 'It starts with a whistle and ends with a gun.'
angles cut except image looking multiple picasso shooting single taking time treatment
We would get 20 different angles and then cut them all together. That's what I called it at the time - the 'cubistic' treatment of shooting football. It was the same thing Picasso did except we did it with a football play. It's taking a single image and looking at it from multiple perspectives.
father gentleman used
My father always used to say ‘treat everyone as a gentleman; not because they are, but because you are.’
names zanzibar morocco
You know how I came up with the name 'Road to the Super Bowl?' It's an homage to the old Bob Hope - Bing Crosby buddy movies - you know, like 'Road to Zanzibar' or 'Road to Morocco.' Can you tell? All I've done my whole life is go to movies.
dad believe heart
My dad has a great expression. He always says, 'Tell me a fact and I'll learn, tell me the truth and I believe, but tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever.' Interestingly enough now, my dad's story is going to be in Canton and hopefully that will live forever, too.
team games america
That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.
sunday games nfl
I don't go to games as much as I used to because of the NFL's Sunday Ticket. So I'll watch the games, take notes.
college europe ease
I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.