Empire of the Sun

dir. Steven Spielberg / USA 1987 / 152’

90 Years of Warner Bros

2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, A Streetcar Named Desire, Empire of the Sun, Inception, Rio Bravo, Singin' in the Rain, The Bridges of Madison County, The Color Purple, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Exorcist, The Jazz Singer, The Wizard of Oz, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Information about director

Steven Spielberg

Born in 1946 Spielberg is an American film director and producer and a three-time Academy Award winner and is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time. About the time of his graduation from California State College he attracted the attention of Universal Pictures with a short film he made. As a director of television movies, he made a thriller Duel, and in 1974 directed The Sugarland Express. His shark-attack thriller Jaws became one of the highest-grossing movies ever, and he went on to direct huge successes such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. He received Academy Award for directing Schindler's List.

Selected filmography

1974 The Sugarland Express

1975 Szczęki / Jaws

1982 E.T. / E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1985 Kolor purpury / The Color Purple

1987 Imperium Słońca / Empire of the Sun

1993 Lista Schindlera / Schindler's List

1993 Park Jurajski / Jurassic Park

2012 Lincoln