Wednesday 28 January 2015

Thriller Film Research: Steven Spielberg (Director)

Steven Spielberg

Spielberg was born on 18th December 1946, he is most famous for being a thriller film director, but he is also famous for being a screenwriter, producer and a business magnate.
Spielberg is the director for many very famous thriller films these include, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Jaws. Spielberg is always being considered as one of the leading pioneers of the 'New Hollywood' era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and Thriller films are seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.

To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide.

Spielberg is undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, his first major directorial effort was The Sugarland Express (1974), with Goldie Hawn, a film that marked him as a rising star. It was his next effort, however, that made him an international superstar among directors: Jaws (1975). This classic shark attack tale started the tradition of the summer blockbuster or, at least, he was credited with starting the tradition.
 In 1978, Spielberg produced his first film, the forgettable I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), and followed that effort with Used Cars (1980), a critically acclaimed, but mostly forgotten, Kurt Russell\\Jack Warden comedy about devious used-car dealers. Spielberg hit gold yet one more time with Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), with Harrison Ford taking the part of Indiana Jones.