This biography sets out to reconcile Steven Spielberg's seeming contradictions to produce a portrait of a man who found a way to transmute the anxieties of his childhood into dramatic films which are among the most commercially-successful of all time. They include Jaws, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and the Oscar-winning Schindler's List, which was the culmination of Spielberg's struggle with his Jewish identity, of which he had long been ashamed.