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.
Baleen whales (whales without teeth) are members of the Mysticeti suborder. Toothed whales, like the sperm whale, along with all the dolphins and porpoises, make up the suborder Odontoceti. Altogether, the two suborders contain over eighty known species, further separated into thirteen different families.