Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective

Steven Spielberg is one of the most outstanding directors in the history of cinema. Even in his eighth decade, unusually gifted and talented, he still creates on screen stories that touch everyone. His contribution to the development of world cinema is impossible to overestimate: JAWS, INDIANA JONES, E.T., JURASSIC PARK, SCHINDLER’S LIST, WAR OF THE WORLDS—each new film by the master instantly became a sensation, collecting millions in theaters and making Spielberg the highest-grossing director in history. And thousands of children who watched the master’s films in theaters years later went on to work in cinema themselves—and now create their own stories. Over his long career, he has received the most important and prestigious awards: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the title of Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire «for his invaluable contribution to the development of the British film industry»; the Order of the Crown in Belgium (Commander’s rank); the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States—these are only a small part of what Steven Spielberg has been honored with for his films.