Close Encounters takes us on a story of Roy Neary, just an ordinary man in Indiana, whose life changes after he encounters a very extraordinary unidentified flying object. Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for Spielberg, and rightfully so since it became an almost instant critical and financial success, eventually grossing over $300 million worldwide. The film received numerous awards and nominations at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Saturn Awards.
Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, and one of the most honored figures in the film industry. He is not only the recipient of many awards including 3 Academy Awards, but he is also the most commercially successful director of all time. Starting with the blockbuster Jaws (1975) , he continued building his name with mega-hits Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the Indiana Jones series. Today the list of his acclaimed films almost has no end: Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler's List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and so on.
