Steven Spielberg ("Schindler's List" won). In 1987, he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his work as a creative producer. Drawing from his own experiences in Scouting, Spielberg helped the Boy Scouts of America develop a merit badge in cinematography in order to help promote filmmaking as a marketable skill. The badge was launched at the 1989 National Scout Jamboree, which Spielberg attended, and where he personally counseled many boys in their work on requirements. That same year, 1989, saw the release of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". The opening scene shows a teenage Indiana Jones in scout
Steven Spielberg July 2016, Spielberg was awarded a gold Blue Peter badge on the BBC children's television programme "Blue Peter". Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. After gaining traction in Hollywood with directing television and several minor theatrical releases, Spielberg became a household name as the director of "Jaws" (1975), which was critically and commercially successful, and is considered the first summer blockbuster. His subsequent releases focused typically on