<Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> When I began to work with Steven, I understood everything . It was immediately obvious to me, and probably everyone else, that here was a young genius . I thought maybe more experience was important, but then I thought of all of those experienced directors who didn't have Steven's intuitive inspiration and who just kept repeating the same old routine performances . That was called "experience ." I knew then that Steven Spielberg had a brilliant future ahead of him . Hollywood doesn't always recognize talent, but Steven's was not going to be overlooked . I told him so in a note I wrote him . I wrote to Rod Serling, too . I was so grateful that he had approved Steven as the director . I told him he had been totally right . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> When I began to work with Steven, I understood everything . It was immediately obvious to me, and probably everyone else, that here was a young genius . I thought maybe more experience was important, but then I thought of all of those experienced directors who didn't have Steven's intuitive inspiration and who just kept repeating the same old routine performances . That was called "experience ." I knew then that Steven Spielberg had a brilliant future ahead of him . Hollywood doesn't always recognize talent, but Steven's was not going to be overlooked . I told him so in a note I wrote him . I wrote to Rod Serling, too . I was so grateful that he had approved Steven as the director . I told him he had been totally right . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> She and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death . The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films . After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., Spielberg got his first feature - length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed him to a short contract . He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films). </P> <P> Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films . The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel . The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 281 tanker truck driver who chases the terrified driver (Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road . Special praise of this film by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career . Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best - selling book which had not yet been released as a film . He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film - length pilot of a show called Savage, starring Martin Landau . Spielberg's debut full - length feature film was The Sugarland Express, about a married couple who are chased by police as the couple tries to regain custody of their baby . Spielberg's cinematography for the police chase was praised by reviewers, and The Hollywood Reporter stated that "a major new director is on the horizon ." However, the film fared poorly at the box office and received a limited release . </P>

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