What was Steven Spielberg's first major film?

mikey40uf

The first movie that he directed was "The Last Gun", an 8-minute long wester in 1959. His first "major" film that he directed was "Sugarland Express" in 1974, starring Goldie Hawn. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/bio Apr 28 10, 1:51 PM

29CoveRoad

Duel 1971 A made for TV movie full length mostly one person Dennis Weaver is a traveling salesman being terrorized by an unknown truck driver on California roads the actual driver of the truck is never seen nor is it ever known the reason Dennis Weaver was singled out....I think this might be considered Apr 28 10, 1:53 PM

author

And here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_%281971_film%29 Apr 28 10, 2:19 PM

looney_tunes

From the link provided by mikey40uf, the earliest film listed on imdb is "The Last Gun (1959). "Battle Squad" and "Escape to Nowhere" were also short films from 1961. The earliest full-length film listed is "Firelight" (1964). There are a number of others, before the one identified as his first 'major' film (presumably referring to the status of the studio and/or budget). There is no technical agreed-on definition of a 'major' film. "Duel" is described on imdb as 'a unique and classic early directing project, Duel (1971) (TV)'. Most do not include made-for-TV as major film work. Apr 28 10, 2:22 PM