In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

The best selling novel Jaws by Peter Benchley and the subsequent blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg depicted the great white shark as a " ferocious man eater ".

Lacey was cast as he reminded Spielberg of Peter Lorre.

A number of filmmakers have had their movies honored for their achievements in visual effects ; i. e., five films produced by George Pal, five by producer George Lucas, five by director James Cameron ( who began his career in Hollywood as an effects technician ), four by directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, and three by director Robert Zemeckis.

) is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote.

The wave of attacks took place between July 1 and July 12, 1916, along of Atlantic Ocean coastline and inspired the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley and corresponding film by Steven Spielberg.

In the film The Adventures of Tintin which is directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, there is a brief scene where Captain Haddock mistakes Snowy for a " Rat Monkey from Sumatra ".

Wright and Cornish also rewrote Steven Moffat's script for The Adventures of Tintin, co-starring Simon Pegg, for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson.

Directors being considered after de Palma's departure included Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Barry Sonnenfeld and Steven Spielberg before Peter Weir signed on in early 1995, following a recommendation of Niccol.

A motion capture film titled The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson was released in the US on 21 December 2011.

Some notable Knights and Dames to receive the Order of the Smile include: Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Sarah Ferguson, Tove Jansson, Dagmar Havlova, Jolanta and Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Jacek Kuroń, Astrid Lindgren, J. K. Rowling, Steven Spielberg, Kurt Waldheim, Nelson Mandela, Hilary Koprowski, Otylia Jędrzejczak, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Ustinov, and Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski.

The comic has been adapted into various other media, including a radio series ( 1992 ), two animated television series, Belvision's Hergé's Adventures of Tintin ( 1959-63 ) and Nelvana's The Adventures of Tintin ( 1991 ), and the performance-capture 3D film produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn ( 2011 ).

A motion capture film titled The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson was released in most of the world October – November 2011, and in the US on 21 December 2011.

Director Peter Jackson is rumored to be considering the story as the basis for the sequel to 2011's The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost portray Thomson and Thompson in the Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson motion capture film adaptation The Adventures of Tintin.

In November 2011, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, directed Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson and based on Herge's The Adventures of Tintin was released.

: by producers Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg

Peter Bradford Benchley ( May 8, 1940 – February 12, 2006 ) was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley ( with Carl Gottlieb ) and directed by Steven Spielberg.

* 1986: The idea of a Back to the Future simulator ride is brought up during a meeting between Steven Spielberg and Peter N. Alexander on the eve of the debut of the Hollywood Studio Tour's King Kong Encounter.

For example, on an Empire issue showcasing the upcoming film by Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg, the cover was captioned " Jackson and Spielberg's Adventures of Tintin!

* Twenty-five articles in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, edited by Jack Sullivan ( Viking 1986 ): " Arkham House ", " Charles Birkin ", " William Peter Blatty ", " Anthony Boucher ", " Fredric Brown ", " Robert W. Chambers ", " John Collier ", " Basil Copper ", " W. F. Harvey ", " Robert S. Hichens ", " William Hope Hodgson ", " Jerome K. Jerome ", " Henry Kuttner ", " Jack London ", " Kirby McCauley ", " Arthur Machen ", " John Metcalfe ", " Saki ( H. H. Munro )", " Steven Spielberg ", " The Supernatural: Belief and the Writer ", " The Twilight Zone ", " Edward Lucas White ", " Henry S. Whitehead ", " Colin Wilson "

On nearly all occasions, only established and bankable directors are given such a privilege ( such as Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Joel & Ethan Coen, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Wolfgang Petersen, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, David Fincher, Francis Ford Coppola, M. Night Shyamalan, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Tim Burton, and Joe Dante ).

He appeared at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony in 2007 with Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola to present the Best Director award to their friend Martin Scorsese.

Lewis taught a film directing class at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for a number of years ; his students included Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Steven Spielberg said, " I learned more about acting from him at that early stage of my career than I had from anyone else.

Hanks with Steven Spielberg at the National World War II Memorial in March 2010

With the help of executives Glenn Williamson and Bob Cooper, and Steven Spielberg in his capacity as studio partner, Ball was convinced to develop the project at DreamWorks ; he received assurances from the studio — known at the time for its more conventional fare — that it would not " iron the out ".

Filming resumed two days later at Elstree, where Spielberg swiftly filmed the library, Portuguese freighter, and catacombs sequences.

Spielberg had originally offered the role to Roman Polanski, who was intrigued at the opportunity to work with Spielberg but decided to turn down the role because he wouldn't be able to make the trip to Tunisia .< ref >

In honour of her gold medal win in Sydney, she represented Oceania in carrying the Olympic flag at the opening ceremonies of the next Olympics, in Salt Lake City, joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( Africa ), John Glenn ( The Americas ), Kazuyoshi Funaki ( Asia ), Lech Wałęsa ( Europe ), Jean-Michel Cousteau ( Environment ), Jean-Claude Killy ( Sport ), and Steven Spielberg ( Culture ).

" Steven Spielberg came on board as producer, with the backing of Warner Bros., but after several rewrites and disagreements on the script, Spielberg left the project and was replaced by Serge Silberman, a respected producer at Greenwich Film Productions.

During post-production, Spielberg decided to cut a scene featuring Harrison Ford as the headmaster at Elliott's school.

" Michael Sragow of Rolling Stone called Spielberg " a space age Jean Renoir .... or the first time, has put his breathtaking technical skills at the service of his deepest feelings.

On September 17, 1982, the film was screened at the United Nations, and Spielberg received the U. N. Peace Medal.

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dan Aykroyd have cameos at the airport.

Huyck and Katz spent four days at Skywalker Ranch for story discussions with Lucas and Spielberg in early-1982.

" After I showed the film to George, at an hour and 55 minutes, we looked at each other ," Spielberg remembered.

" Steven Spielberg said in 1989, " I wasn't happy with Temple of Doom at all.

Spielberg, the writers, Harrison Ford, Jonathan Ke Quan, Anthony Powell and makeup designer Tom Smith were nominated for their work at the Saturn Awards.

Kassar then told him to arrive at the San Jose Airport a few days later to have a meeting with Spielberg.

In 1997, Steven Spielberg shot various scenes for the film Amistad at Mystic Seaport.

According to Spielberg on a documentary on the Close Encounters DVD, Spielberg met him at a bar, where McQueen drank beer after beer.