Steven Spielberg has worked in film since the 1980's.
Spielberg 's early science-fiction and adventure films , such as Jaws -LRB- 1975 -RRB- , Close Encounters of the Third Kind -LRB- 1977 -RRB- , Raiders of the Lost Ark -LRB- 1981 -RRB- , and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -LRB- 1982 -RRB- , were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking .	Jaws	Jaws (film)	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Raiders of the Lost Ark	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	escapist	Escapism
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg , and starring Richard Dreyfuss , Franois Truffaut , Melinda Dillon , Teri Garr , Bob Balaban , and Cary Guffey .	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg	Richard Dreyfuss	Richard Dreyfuss	Teri Garr	Teri Garr	Melinda Dillon	Melinda Dillon	Franois Truffaut	Franois Truffaut	science fiction film	science fiction film	Bob Balaban	Bob Balaban	Cary Guffey	Cary Guffey
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley 's 1974 novel of the same name .	Steven Spielberg	Steven Spielberg	Peter Benchley	Peter Benchley	Jaws	Jaws (novel)	thriller film	thriller film	novel of the same name	Jaws (novel)
