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.

Spielberg later co-produced the World War II themed television miniseries Band of Brothers and its counterpart The Pacific with Tom Hanks.

The film was not released in Malaysia after Spielberg refused to cut the violent scenes ; however, the film was finally released there on DVD with an 18SG certificate much later in 2005.

The film was later nominated for eleven Academy Awards, with wins for Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing, and Best Director for Spielberg, but lost the Best Picture award to Shakespeare in Love, being one of a few that have won the Best Director award without also winning Best Picture.

This was his first collaboration with Steven Spielberg, who later co-produced Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Because of this, he and Eagle Scout director Steven Spielberg later decided to depict the young Indiana Jones as a Life Scout in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Mendes later met with Spielberg ; impressed by Mendes ' productions of Oliver!

The gang also made frequent cameos in the 1990 spinoff series Tiny Toon Adventures, from executive producer Steven Spielberg where they played teachers and mentors to a younger generation of cartoon characters ( Buster, Babs and the gang ), plus occasional cameos in the later Warner shows Animaniacs ( also from Spielberg ) and Histeria!

Spielberg — who was later awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award — had the idea of making Indiana a Boy Scout.

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

Raiders of the Lost Ark ( later marketed as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark ) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford.

Spielberg enjoyed working with the children, and he later said that the experience made him feel ready to be a father.

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

Spielberg approached Tom Hanks and later Robert Downey, Jr. for the lead role, but in December 2009 Spielberg opted out after a dispute over his vision for the project.

Ministry would later make a brief cameo appearance in the Steven Spielberg film AI: Artificial Intelligence, performing the song.

Duel is a 1971 television ( and later full-length theatrical ) film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Richard Matheson, based on his short story.

Schindler's Ark ( released in America as Schindlers List ) is a Booker Prize-winning novel published in 1982 by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, which was later adapted into the highly successful movie Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg.

" Spielberg conceded and told Loomis to license the Star Wars property, made by his friend George Lucas, instead, which Loomis later did.

The set's release coincided with the DVD re-release of the 1953 film from which the show was spawned ( the updated version from Steven Spielberg being released on DVD later the same month ).

" Kiley was introduced as the narrator for the tour first in the novel by Michael Crichton, and later in the film adaptation by Steven Spielberg.

Nearby, in Spielberg, there used to be the Formula One track known first as Österreichring, later as A1-Ring, where races were held from 1970 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2003.

Spielberg, who was later attached to Rain Man for several months as its director, has said that he " never had a single meeting " with Guber on either project.

Within a year, she had been cast by Steven Spielberg to appear in his World War II drama, Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ).

In June 1980, three weeks away from filming, Spielberg persuaded Lucas to cast Ford after producers Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy were impressed by his performance as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.

Lacey was cast as he reminded Spielberg of Peter Lorre.

Having worked with Cary Guffey on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg felt confident in working with a cast composed mostly of child actors.

Spielberg shot the film in roughly chronological order to achieve convincingly emotional performances from his cast.

Some of the film's cast and crew, including Spielberg, retrospectively view the film in an unfavorable light.

The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg and its cast included Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg.

Spielberg conducted a series of method acting techniques to help Guffey, who was cast when he was just three years old.

The laserdisc edition also includes a new 101-minute documentary, The Making of Close Encounters, which was produced in 1997 and features interviews with Spielberg, the main cast, and notable crew members.

Sacha Baron Cohen was originally cast as Abbie Hoffman, while Spielberg approached Will Smith for the role of Bobby Seale, and planned to meet Heath Ledger about the possibility of playing Tom Hayden.

Subsequently, Sorkin was to continue to rewrite the script for Spielberg, and the director intended to mostly cast unknowns to keep the budget down.

She also appeared as a main cast in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks.

In May 2011, Steven Spielberg cast Tommy Lee Jones to play Stevens in a film adaptation of the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, titled Lincoln, slated for late 2012 release.

Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly, but after five weeks of shooting scenes for the first film, director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg chose to re-cast the role to Fox.

She was cast by prominent Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for his film Munich which was released in December 2005.

After seeing her in the film, The Contender ( which DreamWorks distributed ), Steven Spielberg cast her in two successive films.

Director Steven Spielberg spotted the actress in Deadly Matrimony and cast her in Schindler's List as Helen Hirsch, the Jewish maid.

1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, and Toshiro Mifune.

His performance was met with mixed reviews with Todd Gilchrist of IGN commenting " one can't quite help but wonder what Spielberg saw in the young actor that inspired him to cast LaBeouf ".

The film was noticed by director Steven Spielberg, who would cast Diesel in Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ).

Steven Spielberg cast him to play Robert Todd Lincoln in the 2012 film Lincoln.

Lucas was cast as Gwen in the Steven Spielberg World War II miniseries, The Pacific.