Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture).
For other uses, see Beluga (disambiguation). The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
A beluga whale calf is born dark grey, with sometimes a bluish or brownish tinge that gets lighter with age. It turns pure white between 5 to 12 years. The adult beluga whale sometimes has a yellowish tinge, caused by a layer of diatoms growing on it, although this colouration is lost during summer moulting â an unusual event for cetaceans.