The wunderkind who became establishment through talent and success,
Spielberg is a visual storyteller of unparalleled skill and fluency.
Beginning with childhood Super 8 flicks, he circumvented film school
and wound up making Jaws, the most successful movie of all time until
Star Wars. His métier is the sentimental yet compulsive power
of emotion, along with an unbridled love of spectacle, his finest
moment coming with ET. He can be stymied by a tendency to gush or clutter
his films with superfluous action - but when it all clicks, no-one uses
bright white lights so adeptly. His critical zenith came with
Oscar-winners Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. Co-founder
of Dreamworks SKG.
