Hollywood's most well-known director and one of the wealthiest movie producers in the world, Steven Spielberg is one of the most significant figures in the history of film. Since introducing the summer blockbuster with Jaws (1975), he has an extraordinary amount of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name as a director, producer, or writer, and he has contributed more than anyone else to defining popular filmmaking since the mid-1970s.

After reading This Steven Spielberg life story, those who had before regarded the talented director as little more than a facile entertainer had their perceptions of his life and work altered. This updated edition takes readers on a journey through Spielberg's later years as a mature artist, when he overcame significant challenges to operate a successful business while maintaining and raising his high standards as one of America's most educated, intellectual, and well-liked filmmakers.

He is recognized for his ability to work quickly and come up with ideas during filming; the clearest illustration of this would be when Spielberg came up with angles and shot ideas on the spot for "Saving Private Ryan" because the movie was mainly un-storyboarded. He may have started doing this because of the agonizingly drawn-out, notoriously challenging technical production of "Jaws," which was the source of his practice.

The life of the man who, at last, transformed the movie business is described in this Steven Spielberg life story.