The most successful director in movie history, Steven Spielberg has created some of the best-loved and admired films of all time. Beginning with the blockbuster Jaws in 1975, Spielberg has provided the public with a steady stream of successful movies, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), ET: The Extraterrestrial (1982), Schindler's List (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). He has produced numerous films, such as the Back to the Future series and Poltergeist. Spielberg has also produced and directed for television.