' s ▁r uling ▁that ▁" M GM / U A ▁Entertainment ▁Co . ▁must ▁pay ▁$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁director ▁T obe ▁Ho oper ▁because ▁the ▁studio ▁gave ▁producer ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg ▁a ▁bigger ▁credit ▁than ▁Ho oper ▁got ▁in ▁its ▁tra ilers ," ▁although ▁also ▁not ing ▁that ▁" bro ader ▁issues ▁of ▁dispute ▁exist ▁between ▁producer - writer ▁( Sp iel berg ) ▁and ▁the ▁director " ▁( original ▁dam ages ▁of ▁$ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁originally ▁sought ▁by ▁the ▁D GA ). ▁Co - produ cer ▁Frank ▁Marshall ▁told ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁that ▁" the ▁cre ative ▁force ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁was ▁Steven . ▁T obe ▁was ▁the ▁director ▁and ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁set ▁every ▁day . ▁But ▁Steven ▁did ▁the ▁design ▁for ▁every ▁story board ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁set ▁every ▁day ▁except ▁for ▁three ▁days ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁with ▁Lucas ." ▁However , ▁Ho oper ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁" did ▁fully ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁story boards ." ▁ ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁printed ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁from ▁Spiel berg ▁to ▁Ho oper ▁in ▁the ▁week ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁release . ▁ ▁Reg rett ably , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁press ▁has ▁misunder stood ▁the ▁rather ▁unique , ▁cre ative ▁relationship ▁which ▁you ▁and ▁I ▁shared ▁throughout ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁Pol ter ge ist . ▁I ▁enjoyed ▁your ▁open ness ▁in ▁allowing ▁me , ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁a ▁producer , ▁a ▁wide