Steven Spielberg FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Films of Hollywood's Best-Known Director

One of the most popular directors and producers in film history, Steven Spielberg is considered a founding pioneer of theÿNew Hollywood era. Stephen Spielberg FAQ presents an all-encompassing look at the great artist's career and work – from his early science-fiction and adventure films (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, andÿRaiders of the Lost Ark) to his historical films (Schindler's List ÿAmistad, Saving Private Ryan ÿMunich ÿWar Horse, and Lincoln). Including chapters on the origins of his movies, the locations, the use of music in his films, and an extensive timeline of pivotal events from his life and career, this is a comprehensive guide to the work of the most successful and high-profile filmmaker of modern times.

Barry Monush (Metuchen, New Jersey) is the author of The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors; Everybody's Talkin': The Top Films of 1965-1969; Music on Film: West Side Story; and The Sound of Music FAQ. He edited the Screen World annuals (1988-2013'), 'updated Stanley Green's Hollywood Musicals: Year by Year, and co-authored (with James Sheridan) Lucille Ball FAQ. Monush is an assistant curator at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.