The landmark film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" was released on
this day in history, June 11, 1982.
Then 34-year-old director Steven Spielberg reportedly drew
on his own experiences as an unusually imaginative, often-
lonely child of divorce for his science-fiction classic.
With Steven Spielberg as its director, the film starred Henry
Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert McNaughton and Dee
Wallace.
Director Steven Spielberg with E.T.
Happy Birthday Clint…94 today
Clint Eastwood achieved success in the Western
TV series Rawhide (1959 – 1965) on CBS and the
"Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone‘s Dollars
Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-
1960s and as inspector Harry Callahan in the
five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s
and1980s.
These roles, among others, have made Eastwood
a cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986,
Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
1971
Eastwood’s debut as a director in 1971.
1992
Eastwood reached the top as a filmmaker with his Oscar-
winning Western, "Unforgiven" (1992).
J. Edgar Hoover was named acting director of the Bureau of
Investigation (now the FBI) on May 10, 1924. By the end of the
year he was officially promoted to director. This began his 48-
year tenure in power, during which time he personally shaped
American criminal justice in the 20th century.
Joseph S. Camp Jr. (April 20, 1939 – March 15, 2024)
According to The New York Times, Joe Camp, the filmmaker behind the Benji film series died Friday. No further details.
1974
On March 7, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first
woman to win an Academy Award for best director,
for her movie “The Hurt Locker,” about an American
bomb squad that disables explosives in Iraq in 2004.
Prior to Bigelow, only three other women had been
nominated for a best director Oscar: Lina Wertmueller
for 1975’s “Seven Beauties,” Jane Campion for 1993’s
“The Piano” and Sofia Coppola for 2003’s “Lost in
Translation.”
Bigelow was born in San Carlos, California, in 1951
and is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute
and earned a master’s degree in film from Columbia
University.
She made her feature film debut with 1982’s “The
Loveless,” which she co-wrote and co-directed.
