Steven Spielberg is one of the most outstanding directors in the history of cinema. Now in his eighties, extraordinarily gifted and talented, he still creates stories on screen that touch everyone. His contribution to the development of world cinema cannot be overestimated: Jaws, Indiana Jones, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, War of the Worlds - each new film of the master immediately became a sensation, collecting millions in cinemas, which made Spielberg the highest-grossing director in the world stories. And thousands of children who watched the master’s films in cinemas, many years later came to work in cinema and are now creating their own stories. Over his many years of activity, he received the most important and prestigious awards: a personalized 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 Order of the Crown Commander in Belgium, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the USA - this is only a small part of what Steven Spielberg received 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 what happened to Mr. Spielberg at the time of shooting a particular film or several at once , because the tireless director loves to combine work on two or three projects - and all this without loss of quality! Childhood and youth, the painful divorce of parents, the beginning of a career, meeting his wife, rethinking life values and, of course, interesting incidents from the filming of the most famous and beloved films - you will learn all this in the biography of the cult director, whose talent, openness to the world and kindness are here For more than forty years they have conquered the world time after time.