Spielberg did not care for the Grail idea, which he found too esoteric, even after Lucas suggested giving it healing powers and the ability to grant immortality.

Unsatisfied, Spielberg suggested introducing Indiana's father, Henry Jones, Sr. Lucas was dubious, believing the Grail should be the focus of the story, but Spielberg convinced him that the father – son relationship would serve as a great metaphor in Indiana's search for the artifact.

Spielberg suggested making Indiana a Boy Scout as both he and Harrison Ford were former Scouts.

Spielberg suggested Innerspace writer Jeffrey Boam perform the next rewrite.

The chase sequence was also created, and Spielberg also suggested having the scene where E. T.

disguises himself as a stuffed animal in Elliott's closet was suggested by colleague Robert Zemeckis, after he read a draft of the screenplay that Spielberg had sent him.

Hal Ashby, who worked with Dillon on Bound for Glory, suggested her for the part to Spielberg.

David Giler performed a rewrite ; Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins, friends of Spielberg, suggested the plot device of a kidnapped child.

In his interview with Spielberg on Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton suggested Close Encounters had another, more personal theme for Spielberg: " Your father was a computer engineer ; your mother was a concert pianist, and when the spaceship lands, they make music together on the computer ", suggesting that Roy Neary's boarding the spaceship is Spielberg's wish to be reunited with his parents.

In addition, Spielberg said that the multiple license plates on the front bumper of the Peterbilt subtly suggested that the truck driver is a serial killer, having " run down other drivers in other states.

In response to this and to similar complaints about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg suggested that the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) alter its rating system, which it did within two months of the film's release.

McKeown suggested to Cathie Ryan and Robin Spielberg the idea of recording an album of songs relating to motherhood, resulting in The Mother Album ( 1999 ).

Spielberg suggested Errol Morris as director.

The title translates to " Pocket Money " from French, but since there was a Paul Newman movie called Pocket Money, Steven Spielberg suggested the title Small Change for US release.

Spielberg suggested that Tobe Hooper, best known for directing and co-writing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, direct the film.

Though Spielberg was interested in casting Ford in the lead role from the start, Lucas was not, due to having already worked with the actor in American Graffiti and Star Wars, but he eventually relented after Tom Selleck was unable to accept.

Spielberg explained when filming Jaws, " Dreyfuss talked me into casting him.

Steven Spielberg was also impressed by his performance, but thought he was too skinny and discounted him from casting considerations for Saving Private Ryan until he met Damon during the filming of Good Will Hunting when he was back at his normal weight.

Spielberg urged the casting of the relatively unknown Zach Galligan as Billy because he saw chemistry between Galligan and Cates during auditions.

Nancy Nayor, casting director for Steven Spielberg

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.

In 2008, Ford enjoyed success with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, another collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

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.

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.

Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, such as Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone.

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

Spielberg did not add the scene featuring Harrison Ford, feeling that would reshape the film too drastically.

Spielberg liked his personality, so he and Ford improvised the scene where Short Round accuses Indiana of cheating during a card game.

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

Bakshi did not have a lawyer, so he sought advice from fellow directors with whom he had become friendly, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.

Because Bakshi did not have a lawyer, he sought advice from directors he had become friends with, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, asking them how much they made on their films.

The series was created by George Lucas ; the films were directed by Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford.

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

American film directors, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel & Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Robert De Niro, Curtis Hanson, Jim Jarmusch, Ang Lee, Richard Linklater, Terrence Malick, Michael Moore, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, James Schamus, Paul Schrader, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and Frederick Wiseman, signed a letter on 30 April 2010 urging Panahi's release.

Meanwhile, Spielberg and Lucas, now joined by Francis Ford Coppola, start making their way to the premiere in a convoy with the film's print enclosed in an ark being carried.

McBride has published sixteen books since 1968, including acclaimed biographies of Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, and John Ford.

The new edition of the Spielberg book was published in 2011 by the University Press of Mississippi, which also reprinted his biographies Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success ( 1992 ; 2000 ) and Searching for John Ford ( 2001 ).

'" While on the set of Raiders, Spielberg read the Night Skies script to Melissa Mathison ( who was there to see her then-boyfriend and future husband Harrison Ford ) and she cried after hearing it because " the idea of an alien creature who was benevolent, tender, emotional and sweet ... and the idea of the creature's striking up a relationship with a child who came from a broken home was very affecting ".

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 ).

In 2008, he reteamed with Spielberg for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

In June 2012, it was announced that producer Kathleen Kennedy, a long-term collaborator with Steven Spielberg and a producer of the Indiana Jones films, had been appointed as co-chair of Lucasfilm Ltd.

Spielberg had already demonstrated his interest in World War II themes with the films 1941, Empire of the Sun, Schindler's List, and the Indiana Jones series.

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.

Ford's status as a leading actor was solidified when he starred as Indiana Jones in the George Lucas / Steven Spielberg collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ).

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas.

After the mixed reaction to the dark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg chose to compensate by completing the trilogy with a film lighter in tone.

Lucas and Spielberg had intended to make a trilogy of Indiana Jones films since Lucas had first pitched Raiders of the Lost Ark to Spielberg in 1977.

After the mixed critical and public reaction to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Spielberg decided to complete the trilogy to fulfill his promise to Lucas and " to apologize for the second one ".

In discussing the mixed critical reception of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Steven Spielberg said, " I sympathize with people who didn't like the MacGuffin ( the crystal skull ) because I never liked the MacGuffin.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the motion picture was the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series that dealt with the eponymous fictional archaeologist and university professor.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg, in the PBS Chuck Jones biography Extremes & Inbetweens: A Life In Animation, called One Froggy Evening " the Citizen Kane of animated film.

He is best known for his appearances in the 1980s Steven Spielberg presentations of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies.

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.

* The Ahnenerbe organization was the basis for the Nazi archaeologist villains in Steven Spielberg ’ s " Indiana Jones " films.

* Steven Spielberg can be seen wearing a Blue Harvest cap during the filming of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in the Indiana Jones: Making The Trilogy documentary on the bonus disc of the 2003 Indiana Jones DVD box set.