Steven Spielberg

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the chance to direct a thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a
small New England beach town. Jaws cost $8.5 million and grossed $260 million.
Spielberg followed it up two years later with Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
earning a Best Director Oscar nomination and proved to the world that he was one
of the best directors of the time.
However, he followed Close Encounters with the disastrous Movie, 1941,
which was his first attempt at comedy and his first true failure. He didn't take
long to regain his form, both commercially and artistically. Teaming up with his
pal George Lucas (whose Star Wars came out the same year as Close Encounters,
and made even more money), Spielberg created an action-adventure picture based
on the old continuing stories, better known as serials, that they both loved as
kids. Called Raiders of the Lost Ark and detailing the adventures of an
archaeologist named Indiana Jones, it earned him another Best Director
nomination and made a ton of ...

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