Spielberg biography book

Also in , McBride published an updated third edition of his book Steven Spielberg: A Biography. The American second edition of the Spielberg book was published in by the University Press of Mississippi, which also reprinted his biographies Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success (; ) and Searching for John Ford (). Until the first edition of Steven Spielberg: A Biography was published in , much about Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it had remained enigmatic, in large part because of his tendency to obscure and mythologize his own past. But in this first full-scale, in-depth. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
This long-awited second edition of Joseph McBride's acclaimed biography of Steven Spielberg, the world's most popular and influential filmmaker, adds four new chapters chronicling the richly creative activities of Spielberg's recent years. The original edition was praised by the New York Times Book Review as "an exemplary portrait" written with "impressive detail and sensitivity"; Time.