Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful movie directors of all time. Spielberg was interested in making movies at an early age, and even started making movies as a teenager. At age 21, he made his first short film for theatrical release, Amblin (1968).After directing several TV shows and made for TV movies, Spielberg directed the classic Jaws (1975), about killer sharks. Jaws won four Academy Awards and set a record for money grossed.

In 1977, Spielberg directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a project he had dreamed of working on since a child. Spielberg next collaborated with George Lucas on The Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Spielberg also directed the legendary sequels Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

In 1982, Spielberg directed the timeless classic E.T., about a boy and the alien he befriends. After directing The Color Purple (1985), and Hook (1991), Spielberg directed Jurassic Park (1993), about a dinosaur experiment gone awry at a tropical island resort. That same year, Spielberg won his first Academy Award for Best Director with Schindler's List, the story of a man who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust.

In 1998, Spielberg directed the classic World War II drama, Saving Private Ryan in which Spielberg won his second Academy Award for best director. Spielberg's latest movie, War of the Worlds (2005), features Tom Cruise and is the story of an alien attack against Earth. Spielberg is the co-founder of Dreamworks Pictures.