Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director and producer whose diverse films enjoyed unprecedented popularity and critical success. Spielberg’s movie, Jaws (1975), established him as a leading director. It was one of the highest-grossing films ever. It featured Roy Scheider as the police chief of a resort town who battles a man-eating white shark. The highly praised thriller received an Academy Award nomination for best picture, and its ominous soundtrack by John Williams won an Oscar.

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