Steven Spielberg’s Creativity and the Film Jaws: Psychohistorical Considerations

Steven Allan Spielberg is the most celebrated film writer, producer, and director of our time. Not only are his films critically and commercially acclaimed in the United States, they are also box office successes abroad. Spielberg has delighted literally billions of people and his films have grossed billions of dollars. Just a partial listing includes Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List, (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). In the words of actor Robin Williams, Spielberg is “the storyteller to the world.” (Biography of the Millennium, four videos, A&E Television Network, 1999)