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STEVEN SPIELBERG
Steven Spielberg, in full Steven Allan Spielberg, (born
December 18, 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.),
American motion-picture director and producer whose diverse films—which ranged
from a science-fiction fare, including such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982),
to historical dramas, notably Schindler’s
List (1993) and Saving
Private Ryan (1998)—enjoyed both unprecedented popularity and
critical success.
In 1971 he made his first television movie, Duel, a taut, almost claustrophobic exercise in psychosis that was more intense than typical TV fare (it was released theatrically in Europe). Although Spielberg permitted star Dennis Weaver—who played a motorist chased by a homicidal truck driver—to register a one-note impression of sweaty terror throughout the movie, his handling of the action sequences was staged and executed with bravado. The success of Duel enabled Spielberg to make theatrically released motion pictures, beginning with The Sugarland Express (1974), a chase picture with deft accents of comedy but an inexorable movement toward tragedy; it was anchored by Goldie Hawn’s performance.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jaws (1975), Jurassic Park (1993), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Ready Player One (2018).
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