Steven Spielberg

Hollywood's marquee director/producer continued on a roll with new Crystal Skull iteration of Indiana Jones franchise; also his DreamWorks movie studio produced last year's summer blockbuster Transformers, which raked in $708 million. Rejected by best film schools. Enrolled, then dropped out of Cal State, Long Beach. Third movie, Jaws, started unmatched run of blockbusters (E.T., Jurassic Park) and dramas (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan). This spring debuted Boom Blox, first of three videogames he's creating for Electronic Arts. Up next: The Adventures of Tintin and an Abraham Lincoln biopic.