Director James Cameron’s epic drama Titanic, the story of the
real-life luxury ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank on
its maiden voyage in 1912, resulting in the deaths of more than
1,500 passengers and crew, opened in theaters.

The film also immortalized the line “I’m the king of the world!,”
which Cameron famously repeated during the Oscar ceremony,
as he picked up his gold statuette for Best Director.

James Francis Cameron

Filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg is a major figure of the New
Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster. He is
widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time
and is the most commercially successful director in film history
with many accolades, including three Academy Awards. 

Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix,
Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. He’s
78 today.
 

Schindler’s List, starring Liam Neeson in the true story of a
German businessman who saves the lives of more than a
thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust, opens in
theaters.

The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and took
home seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best
Director.

It was the first Best Director win for Spielberg, who had been
nominated in the category for three of his earlier films: 1977’s
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1981’s Raiders of the
Lost Ark and 1982’s E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.

Oskar Schindler (1908 – 1974)

Liam Neeson (72)

Ben Kingsley and Liam Neeson

Steven Allan Spielberg

Taxi Driver (1974

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is a actress and filmmaker who 
has received numerous accolades, including two Academy
Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards
and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also honored with
the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013 and the
Honorary Palme d’Or in 2021.

Foster began her professional career as a child model and
later gained recognition as a teen idol through various
Disney films.       
       
Jodie Foster’s early film work includes the Raquel Welch
vehicle Kansas City Bomber (1972) filmed in Portland,
Oregon. Foster played Rita in her second appearance
in a feature film.

1988

Foster made her directorial debut
with this 1991 film.

2005

2007

Martin Charles Scorsese has received many accolades, including
an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a
Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.

He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997,
the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy
Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the
BAFTA Fellowship in 2012.

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