Steven Spielberg. A Biography

Steven Spielberg is one of the most outstanding directors in the history of cinema. In his eighth decade, still remarkably talented and gifted, he creates on screen stories that touch everyone. His contribution to the development of world cinema cannot be overestimated: JAWS, INDIANA JONES, E.T., JURASSIC PARK, SCHINDLER’S LIST, WAR OF THE WORLDS—each new film by the master instantly became a sensation, drawing millions into theaters, which made Spielberg the highest-grossing director in history. And thousands of children who watched the master’s films in cinemas, years later, came to work in cinema themselves—and now create their own stories.

Over his long career, he received the most important and prestigious awards: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the title of Honorary Knight-Commander of the Order of the British Empire for “his invaluable contribution to the development of the British film industry,” the Belgian Order of the Crown, degree of Commander, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom—this is only a small part of what Steven Spielberg has been honored for his films.

In this book, author Molly Haskell explores the entire life of the great director through the films he created—each chapter tells about

what happened to Mr. Spielberg at the moment of filming a particular film or several at once,

because the tireless director loves working on two or three projects at the same time—and all of it without losing quality!

Childhood and youth, his parents’ painful divorce, the beginning of his career, meeting his wife, rethinking life values, and, of course, interesting cases from the sets of

the most famous and beloved films—everything you will learn in the biography of the cult director, whose talent, openness to the world, and kindness for more than forty years, again and again, conquer the world.