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Since the early 1970s, Steven Spielberg has directed more than two dozen films, many of which have achieved classic status. In addition to critical and commercial successes that include E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and Lincoln, Spielberg's name has become synonymous with such thrilling adventure films as Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and Minority Report. Before he became a world-renowned filmmaker, however, Spielberg established himself on television, helming episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery; Marcus Welby, M.D.; and Columbo. But it was the small-screen version of a Richard Matheson short story that brought the young director's work to the attention of critics and viewers alike. In Steven Spielberg and Duel: The Making of a Film Career, Steven Awalt provides an exhaustive study commemorating the film that decisively launched the career of a major film artist.
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Steven Awalt's first book, "Steven Spielberg and Duel: The Making of a Film Career", on the making of Spielberg's 1971 film, "Duel", was released in hardcover by Rowman & Littlefield in March, 2014. The book features new interviews with Steven Spielberg, author Richard Matheson and others about Matheson's short story and script and the Spielberg film's production and history. Awalt is currently working on a follow-up book about Steven Spielberg's 1974 feature film "The Sugarland Express. " The book will include new interviews with actors Goldie Hawn, William Atherton and Michael Sacks, screenwriters Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins, director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, and many more. He is also working on a novel that's perhaps best described as a comedic fantasy-romance. Writer, film historian, and noted authority on Steven Spielberg's career, Awalt appears in the retrospective documentary "The Shark is Still Working" on the Blu-ray edition of Jaws.
