10 Interesting Fact About Famous sports filmmakers

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• Steven Spielberg had played basketball in high school and planned to become a basketball coach before deciding to have a career in the film world.
• Martin Scorsese is a fan of boxing and become a documentary film producer about Muhammad Ali.
• The Farrelly Brothers, film director Theres Something About Mary, is a fan of baseball sports and often put baseball elements into their films.
• Spike Lee is a big fan of basketball and often produces films and documentary about NBA.
• Ron Howard is a fan of car racing and has produced documentaries about car racing and famous racers like Mario Andretti.
• Clint Eastwood is a golf fan and has produced a film about the sport, including The 15:17 to Paris about three men who prevent terrorist attacks on the train to Paris after playing golf together.
• Penny Marshall is a fan of Baseball sports and produces the film A League of Their Own about the Women's Baseball League during World War II.
• Ang Lee often puts sports elements into his films, including ski scenes in Sense and Sensibility and Kung Fu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
• Michael Mann is a fan of boxing and producing Ali's film about the life of Muhammad Ali.
• Woody Allen is a fan of basketball and claimed to be a fan of New York Knicks since childhood. He even played basketball with a former NBA player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.