Directors Study...

Steven Spielberg:
Steven Spielberg is one of the most influencial and well known Film Director in Hollywood, also well known as a producer and writter of films. Born in Ohio in 1946 he has been in the film industry since 1957, when he was an uncredited assistant editor of "Wagon Train", a country western. For the First couple of Years he spent directing films, were all short Films, including Battle Squad (1961), The Last Gun (1959), and Escape to Nowhere (1961).

Spielberg's first major directorial film was 'The Sugarland Express' (1974), this was his first film that was his success was noticed by the film industry, and this film started off his 'expensive' and successful career as a film director. The next film that he made was his first Famous film... 'Jaws' (1974). This was the start of a series of Jaw films and Spielberg got the credit for starting this phase.

In the 1980's, Spielbergs work found itself in the pop-culture. In 1988 he produced a film called Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which was the landmark animation/live-action film.

Here are a List of the Films in which Spielberg has Directed...

The Sugarland Express - About a Prison Break... Involves a kidnapping of Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Kenneth Crone - The Film won the award for Best Screen Play at 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

Jaws - Shark attacks, Shark is killed by a fisherman's boat.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Roy Neary Stalls his car, and is shown the light, past that time he constantly sees strange visions and five musical notes in his head...

1941 - After the Bombing of Pearl Harbour, California is in panick, as they were the expected next attack. (comedy)

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Dr Indiana Jones fights snakes and Nazis, this film is full of cliffhangers aswell, which adds to the thrill of the film.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace

The Color Purple - The life and trials of a young African American Woman.

Empire of the Sun - A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis.

Always - A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his girl.

Hook - When Capt. Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

Jurassic Park - After a Power Break doen, the model Dinosaurs run loose on the preview tour.

Schindler's List - Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park - A reseach team is sent to Jurassic Park Site B to do research on the dinosaurs there. Another team sent for a different agenda.

Amistad - a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the northeastern coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt.

Saving Private Ryan - Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence - A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Minority Report - criminals are caught before the crimes they commit, but one of the officers in the special unit is accused of one such crime and sets out to prove his innocence.

Catch Me If You Can - A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.

The Terminal - An Eastern immigrant is left stranded at the JFK airport.

War of the Worlds - One family fights for survival as the earth is invaded by an alien tripod fighting machine.

Munich - Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Dr Henry Indiana Jones is called back to solve the mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.