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During his time in Phoenix, Steven studied at Arcadia High School for three years.
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1965
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Steven Spielberg as Saratoga High School student.
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In 1965, Steven finished Saratoga High School.
College/University
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Steven received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Electronic Arts from California State University, Long Beach, in 2002.
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Steven studied at Brookdale Community College.
Career
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1973
Steven Spielberg. Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection.
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1975
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Steven Spielberg and camera crew on the set of the Universal Pictures production of "Jaws" in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
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1975
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Steven Spielberg poses for a photo with a "Maneater" arcade game at his Universal Studios office in December, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
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1975
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Steven Spielberg, camera operator Michael Chapman and cinematographer Bill Butler on the set of the Universal Pictures production of "Jaws" in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
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1975
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Steven Spielberg and his secretary in his Universal Studios office in December, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
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1978
Steven Spielberg. The photo by Graham Morris was taken on September 8, 1978.
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1987
Steven Spielberg directs British actors Christian Bale and Nigel Havers in the rooftop scene from the film "Empire of the Sun". Photo by Murray Close.
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1989
George Lucas (left) and Steven Spielberg (right) on the set of the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade". Photo by Murray Close.
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1993
Steven Spielberg poses between a pair of giant dinosaur feet in a publicity still for the film "Jurassic Park". Photo by Murray Close.
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1993
Steven Spielberg in "Jurassic Park".
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1997
Steven Spielberg in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park".
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2004
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Steven Spielberg attends the "The Terminal" Premiere at the 30th Deauville American Film Festival on September 4, 2004, in Deauville, France. Photo by Bruno Vincent.
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2011
Steven Spielberg and Jeremy Irvine in "War Horse".
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2013
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Steven Spielberg arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Jason Merritt.
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2013
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A view of a sign with a picture of jury president Steven Spielberg on it during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2013, in Cannes, France. Photo by Gareth Cattermole.
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2013
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Steven Spielberg appears on stage during the Opening Ceremony of the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2013, in Cannes, France. Photo by Pascal Le Segretain.
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2013
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Jury President and director Steven Spielberg attends "Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere, on May 18, 2013 in Cannes, France. Photo by Dave J Hogan.
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2013
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Steven Spielberg speaks onstage at the Foundation for the National Archives 2013 Records of Achievement Award ceremony and gala in honor of Steven Spielberg on November 19, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Michael Loccisano.
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2015
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Steven Spielberg speaks onstage at the 67th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 7, 2015, in Century City, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez.
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2015
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".
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2016
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Steven Spielberg attends the 16th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, on January 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg poses in the press room at the 68th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 6, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Jason LaVeris.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards nominee luncheon, on February 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg attends "The BFG (Le Bon Gros Geant - Le BGG)" photocall during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals, on May 14, 2016, in Cannes, France. Photo by Pascal Le Segretain.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg attends "The BFG (Le Bon Gros Geant - Le BGG)" premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals, on May 14, 2016, in Cannes, France. Photo by Tristan Fewings.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg onstage during American Film Institute's 44th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute show to John Williams at Dolby Theatre, on June 9, 2016, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison.
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2016
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Steven Spielberg attends the 68th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, on February 6, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez.
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2017
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Steven Spielberg attends the 55th New York Film Festival "Spielberg" Premiere at Alice Tully Hall, on October 5, 2017, in New York City. Photo by Jim Spellman.
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2017
Steven Spielberg, Arnold Spielberg and Leah Adler in "Spielberg".
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2018
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Steven Spielberg (left) and actor Tom Hanks (right) attend the The National Board Of Review Annual Awards Gala at Cipriani, on January 9, 2018, in New York City. Photo by Kevin Mazur.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, on February 5, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the European Premiere of "Ready Player One" at Vue West End, on March 19, 2018, in London, England.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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2018
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Steven Spielberg attends the premiere of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" at Walt Disney Concert Hall, on June 12, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by David Livingston.
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2019
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker", on December 16, 2019, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Rich Fury.
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2019
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Steven Spielberg, seen on location for "West Side Story" in Washington Heights, on August 4, 2019, in New York City. Photo by James Devaney.
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2019
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Steven Spielberg, seen at the Ritz hotel, on October 17, 2019, in Paris, France. Photo by Marc Piasecki.
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2020
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Steven Spielberg speaks onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre, on February 09, 2020, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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Spielberg points upward, directing his young stars (clockwise from top) Robert MacNaughton (Michael), Drew Barrymore (Gertie) and Henry Thomas (Elliott). Photo by Steve Schapiro.
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Steven Spielberg with "E.T.". Photo by Aaron Rapoport.
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Achievements
Membership
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Awards
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1987
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Steven Spielberg wins the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Academy Award
1994
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Steven Spielberg at the 66th Academy Awards Ceremony.
BAFTA Film Award
1994
Steven Spielberg at the BAFTA Film Awards Ceremony.
AFI Life Achievement Award
1995
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Steven Spielberg, the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1998
President Roman Herzog awards Spielberg with the Grand Cross of Merit for "Schindler's List".
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
1999
Spielberg, receiving a Public Service Award, presented by United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen.
Golden Globe Award
1999
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Steven Spielberg during the 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Order of the British Empire
2001
Then-British Ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer bestows upon Spielberg the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in January 2001.
Steven Spielberg's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2002
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Steven Spielberg's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Primetime Emmy Award
2002
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks celebrate their Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries at the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on September 22, 2002.
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
2009
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Steven Spielberg (left), the winner of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Martin Scorsese (right) at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2009, in Beverly Hills, California.
Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award
2013
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Steven Spielberg receives the Golden Eddie Award during the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 16, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
2015
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Former United States President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Steven Spielberg during an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 2015.
Steven Spielberg and camera crew on the set of the Universal Pictures production of "Jaws" in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
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Steven Spielberg poses for a photo with a "Maneater" arcade game at his Universal Studios office in December, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
Steven Spielberg, camera operator Michael Chapman and cinematographer Bill Butler on the set of the Universal Pictures production of "Jaws" in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives.
Then-British Ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer bestows upon Spielberg the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in January 2001.
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks celebrate their Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries at the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on September 22, 2002.
Steven Spielberg attends the "The Terminal" Premiere at the 30th Deauville American Film Festival on September 4, 2004, in Deauville, France. Photo by Bruno Vincent.
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Steven Spielberg, his daughters - Sasha Spielberg and Mikaela George Spielberg, and Drew Barrymore arrive on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of "Whip It" at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on September 29, 2009, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Lester Cohen.
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Steven Spielberg (left), the winner of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Martin Scorsese (right) at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2009, in Beverly Hills, California.
A view of a sign with a picture of jury president Steven Spielberg on it during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2013, in Cannes, France. Photo by Gareth Cattermole.
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Steven Spielberg appears on stage during the Opening Ceremony of the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 15, 2013, in Cannes, France. Photo by Pascal Le Segretain.
Jury President and director Steven Spielberg attends "Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere, on May 18, 2013 in Cannes, France. Photo by Dave J Hogan.
Steven Spielberg speaks onstage at the Foundation for the National Archives 2013 Records of Achievement Award ceremony and gala in honor of Steven Spielberg on November 19, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Michael Loccisano.
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Steven Spielberg receives the Golden Eddie Award during the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 16, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
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Steven Spielberg speaks onstage at the 67th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 7, 2015, in Century City, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez.
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Former United States President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Steven Spielberg during an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 2015.
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Steven Spielberg attends the 16th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, on January 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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Steven Spielberg poses in the press room at the 68th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 6, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Jason LaVeris.
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Steven Spielberg attends "The BFG (Le Bon Gros Geant - Le BGG)" photocall during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals, on May 14, 2016, in Cannes, France. Photo by Pascal Le Segretain.
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Steven Spielberg attends "The BFG (Le Bon Gros Geant - Le BGG)" premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals, on May 14, 2016, in Cannes, France. Photo by Tristan Fewings.
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Steven Spielberg onstage during American Film Institute's 44th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute show to John Williams at Dolby Theatre, on June 9, 2016, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison.
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Steven Spielberg attends the 68th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, on February 6, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez.
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Steven Spielberg attends the 55th New York Film Festival "Spielberg" Premiere at Alice Tully Hall, on October 5, 2017, in New York City. Photo by Jim Spellman.
Steven Spielberg (left) and actor Tom Hanks (right) attend the The National Board Of Review Annual Awards Gala at Cipriani, on January 9, 2018, in New York City. Photo by Kevin Mazur.
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Steven Spielberg (right) and his wife Kate Capshaw (left) attend "Pentagon Papers" (The Post) Premiere at Cinema UGC Normandie, on January 13, 2018, in Paris, France. Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis.
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Steven Spielberg attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, on February 5, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Ready Player One" at Dolby Theatre, on March 26, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Neilson Barnard.
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Steven Spielberg attends the premiere of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" at Walt Disney Concert Hall, on June 12, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Photo by David Livingston.
Steven Spielberg attends the Premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker", on December 16, 2019, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Rich Fury.
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Steven Spielberg speaks onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre, on February 09, 2020, in Hollywood, California. Photo by Kevin Winter.
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Steven Spielberg is a prominent American filmmaker, motion-picture director, film editor, producer and screenwriter, whose diverse films, which ranged from science-fiction fare, including such classics, as "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), to historical dramas, notably "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), enjoyed both unprecedented popularity and critical success.
Background
Ethnicity:
Spielberg's parents descended from the families of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. He also has Hungarian roots.
Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He is a son of Arnold Spielberg, an electrical engineer, known for his contribution to the development of computers, and Leah (Posner) Adler, a restaurateur and concert pianist. Steven's parents divorced, while he was still in school.
Spielberg's paternal grandparents were Jewish Russian immigrants, who settled down in Cincinnati in the 1900's. One of Steven's grandmothers was from Sudylkiv, a village in Ukraine, while his grandfather was from Kamianets-Podilskyi, a Ukrainian city.
Education
It was in 1950, that Steven's family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey, when his father took a job with RCA. In 1953, the family relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. During the period from 1953 to 1957, Spielberg studied at Hebrew school, where Rabbi Albert L. Lewis was his mentor.
At the age of twelve, Steven made his first movie - a train wreck, involving his toy Lionel trains. He continued to make amateur, 8 mm, "adventure" films throughout his early teens. It was also at the age of twelve, that Steven was made a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute, 8 mm film, entitled "The Last Gunfight". He would later receive the rank of Eagle Scout.
While living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war film, titled "Escape to Nowhere". For the film, Steven used a cast, composed of his high school friends. That motivated him to make 15 more amateur, 8 mm films, in his later years. In 1964, Steven wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction adventure, called "Firelight", which would later inspire "Close Encounters". The film was made for $500, most of which came from his father, and was shown in a local cinema for one evening, which earned back its cost.
During his time in Phoenix, Steven also studied at Arcadia High School for three years. Later, the family settled down in Saratoga, California, where he studied at Saratoga High School, finishing the educational establishment in 1965.
Then, Steven left for Los Angeles. After his parents divorced, he stayed mainly with his father, while his three sisters and mother remained in Saratoga. As Steven's long-term goal was to become a film director, he attempted to enter the University of Southern California's film school, but was turned down because of his "C" grade average. Then, Spielberg entered California State College, Long Beach, (present-day California State University, Long Beach), and was made a brother of Theta Chi Fraternity. For his undergraduate degree, Steven also attended Brookdale Community College.
However, Steven would soon drop out of the college in order to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal Studios after he was offered a seven-year directing contract for the short film for theatrical release, 35 mm "Amblin", which he had written and directed, and which had won a number of awards.
In his later years, Steven came back to California State University, Long Beach, in order to complete his studies there, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Electronic Arts in 2002.
It's also worth noting, that Steven received several honorary degrees from different educational establishments, including Brown University (1999) and Boston University (2009). On May 26, 2016, Spielberg was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University.
Spielberg developed an interest in filmmaking as a child, and during his teens, his "Escape to Nowhere" (1962), a 40-minute war movie, won first prize at a film festival. He next directed "Firelight" (1964), a feature-length science-fiction yarn, which was followed by an accomplished short about hitchhikers, called "Amblin'" (1968).
An executive at Universal Studios saw the latter film and tendered a contract to Spielberg, who began working in the studio's television division. He directed episodes of various TV series, notably "Columbo", "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". In 1971, he made his first television movie, "Duel", a taut, almost claustrophobic exercise in psychosis, that was more intense, than typical TV fare (it was released theatrically in Europe). Although Spielberg permitted star Dennis Weaver, who played a motorist, chased by a homicidal truck driver, to register a one-note impression of sweaty terror throughout the movie, his handling of the action sequences was staged and executed with bravado. The success of "Duel" enabled Spielberg to make theatrically released motion pictures, beginning with "The Sugarland Express" (1974), a chase picture with deft accents of comedy, but an inexorable movement toward tragedy; it was anchored by Goldie Hawn's performance.
Spielberg's next movie, "Jaws" (1975), established him as a leading director, and it was one of the highest-grossing films ever. It featured Roy Scheider as the police chief of a resort town, who battles a man-eating white shark. Joining him are Richard Dreyfuss as a marine biologist and Robert Shaw as a shark hunter. The highly praised thriller received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and its ominous soundtrack by John Williams won an Oscar. The film all but created the genre of a summer blockbuster - big action-packed movie, released to an audience, grateful to be in an air-conditioned theatre - and it established many of the touchstones of Spielberg's work: an ordinary, but sympathetic main character is enlightened through a confrontation with some extraordinary being or force, that gradually reveals itself as the narrative unfolds.
Spielberg then directed the mystical science-fiction tale "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), which he also wrote. Dreyfuss was cast as the lead, and he submitted one of the best performances of his career, as a telephone lineman, who encounters an unidentified flying object and subsequently becomes obsessed with UFOs. For the film, Spielberg received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Vilmos Zsigmond's cinematography earned the film's only Oscar, though the special effects were also praised. Spielberg became just the second director in history to score back-to-back $100 million grosses.
After the disappointing "1941" (1979) - which was received as an unfunny comedy, despite the presence of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd - Spielberg directed "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), a loving, expert (if slightly redundant) tribute to old adventure serials. The film and its sequels, which starred Harrison Ford as handsome archaeologist Indiana Jones, used rich colour cinematography, brisk editing, memorable musical soundtracks and inventive special effects to create a cinematic experience, that was typically light, yet highly suspenseful. Spielberg received his second Academy Award nomination for best director; the film was also a best picture nominee.
Steven's next work, "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), was even more successful. The film represented a moving exploration of an alien encounter, that cleverly eschewed the epic scale of "Close Encounters" for the microcosm of its effect on a single California family. Henry Thomas gave a strong performance as the boy, who discovers and befriends the stranded alien, and Dee Wallace portrayed his sympathetic mom. The film also featured Drew Barrymore in one of her first roles. As with most Spielberg films to that point, the special effects were a large part of the movie's appeal - in this case, the wonderfully articulated E.T. - but it was Spielberg's mastery of human (and alien) emotion, that made the movie a blockbuster. Both Spielberg and the film were nominated for Academy Awards, as were Melissa Mathison's screenplay, Allen Daviau's cinematography and Williams's score. However, only the latter won.
Then, Steven directed "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and adapted Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple" (1985). The latter film explores an African-American woman's almost unbearably harsh, yet ultimately fulfilling, life. The film was criticized for downplaying the novel's lesbian element, for perpetuating stereotypes about black men and for sentimentalizing life in the Deep South. However, the work found an audience, that appreciated the cast - which included Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom were nominated for Academy Awards - as well as the script (by Menno Meyjes) and the score (by co-producer Quincy Jones), both of which were also Academy Award-nominated. The film got a nomination for best picture, but Spielberg failed to earn an Oscar nod, a slight, that created a small scandal at the time. More important, however, Spielberg had made one of the few commercially successful films about the experience of African Americans, paving the way for similar projects to be green-lighted.
Later, Steven chose J.G. Ballard's critically acclaimed book "Empire of the Sun" for his next movie of the same name. The film "Empire of the Sun" (1987) was a carefully detailed re-creation of the World War II prison-camp milieu of J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel. It was a box-office failure. Spielberg closed out the 1980's with "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) and "Always" (1989), an adaptation of the 1943 film "A Guy Named Joe". Although "Indiana Jones" was a hit, "Always" failed to find an audience.
Spielberg's tendency toward broad storytelling may have hampered his attempts at more complex filmmaking, and "The Color Purple" and "Empire of the Sun", in the view of many critics, lacked emotional depth or insight. Yet the aggressive commercialism and optimism of Spielberg's films became the prevailing style in Hollywood in the late 20th century. His pervasive influence was recognized in 1986 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, when it honoured him with the Irving G. Thalberg Award, given for excellence in producing.
Spielberg's first film of the 1990's was "Hook" (1991), a retelling of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan". Despite a cast, that included major stars Robin Williams and Julia Roberts, the movie was a critical and commercial failure. Spielberg, however, returned to form in dramatic fashion with not one, but two enormously popular 1993 releases. The first, "Jurassic Park", was an adaptation of Michael Crichton's best-selling novel (1990) about dinosaurs, re-created and running amok on a remote isle. Its scenes of peril are less deftly blended with character-focused downtime activity, than in "Jaws", but technology is employed to great effect, and there are enough potent shocks to indicate, that Spielberg was still a master of Alfred Hitchcock-worthy suspense.
Spielberg's "Schindler's List" (1993) tells the true story of a group of Polish Jews, who avoided Nazi extermination camps with the aid of German industrialist Oskar Schindler during World War II. The drama, which featured notable performances by Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes, quieted many of Spielberg's critics. It was shot with unflinching detail in black and white and it won Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director. In addition, the film garnered six other Oscars, including one for Best Picture.
In 1994, Steven reunited with such multimedia moguls, as Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, to establish a new studio, DreamWorks. The studio was particularly successful as a creator of such popular animated films, as "Antz" (1998), the "Shrek" series (2001, 2004, 2007, 2010) and "Puss in Boots" (2011). In 2006, the partners sold the company to Viacom for $1.6 billion. It was also in 1994, that Steven founded the USC Shoah Foundation.
In 1997, Steven released "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", which he directed. However, it failed to attain the majesty of "Jurassic Park", but it had many compelling moments. Based on a 1995 bestseller by Crichton, who reportedly wrote the book at the behest of Spielberg himself, the film repeats the "Jurassic Park" formula with a largely new cast - Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Pete Postlethwaite and Arliss Howard - and returnee Jeff Goldblum, who again plays a scientist, who knows this manipulation of nature for profit is both crass and morally indefensible. There are numerous thrills and the dinosaur special effects equal those of the earlier film.
The same year, the film, titled "Amistad" (1997), followed. It found Spielberg in social historian mode. The film centres on the slave revolt, that took place aboard the Spanish slave ship Amistad in 1839 and the subsequent trial in the United States, for which the slaves were tried for insurrection on the high seas only to be ruled by the court to have been kidnap victims. The film was well-received critically, but it did only modest business at the box-office.
In 1998, Spielberg returned to World War II with "Saving Private Ryan". The drama stands as one of the high points of his career, both praised and criticized for presenting some of the most realistic battle scenes, staged in a Hollywood war movie. "Saving Private Ryan" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and Spielberg won his second Academy Award as Best Director. The film was the biggest commercial success of any release in the United States that year.
"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (2001), based on a short story by British author Brian Aldiss, was a project, conceived in the 1970's by Stanley Kubrick, who some 20 years later, with the movie still in its planning stages, began to think Spielberg was a more likely director. After Kubrick died in 1999, Spielberg was approached by the Kubrick estate, and he agreed to helm the project. He cast Haley Joel Osment as David, a young humanoid robot, who has been programmed to express love, and Jude Law appeared as a robotic male prostitute, named Gigolo Joe. Their fates soon become intertwined and remain so even thousands of years into the future. Spielberg's facility for science fiction helped make the film provocative and often moving, but its inconsistent tone might be traced to Spielberg's and Kubrick's dueling sensibilities.
For the futuristic "Minority Report" (2002), Spielberg turned to another science-fiction short story, this time by Philip K. Dick. "Minority Report" functions as both a hard-boiled police procedural and a paranoid vision of the future and it stands as one of the best of the adaptations from Dick's oeuvre, though only a fraction of it derives from the original short story. The film was both a box-office and a critical success, though complaints about the somewhat pat ending were not uncommon.
The film "Catch Me If You Can" was also released in 2002 and it was even more widely admired. The biopic was based on the memoir of con man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale, Jr., who, as a teenager in the 1960's, bilked both people and organizations out of millions of dollars, posing variously as a doctor, a lawyer and even a Pan Am airline pilot. He also was a genius at the craft of forgery, a skill, that eventually brought the FBI onto his trail. Hanks was highly entertaining as the indefatigable federal agent Carl Hanratty, who pursues Abagnale for years and eventually bonds with his target. But the film belongs to Leonardo DiCaprio, who, as the precocious Abagnale, a charismatic and likable criminal, gave one of his most appealing performances. Christopher Walken played Frank's disgraced father, and Amy Adams played a doctor's aide, whom Frank romances. A critical and commercial hit, the film was adapted into a well-received Broadway musical in 2011.
It was in 2004, that Steven directed the lighthearted comedy "The Terminal". The film stars Tom Hanks, who assumed the role of Viktor Navorski, a visitor from a fictional country in central Europe, who lands at a New York airport only to find, that civil war in his home country has invalidated his passport, keeping him from entering the United States; Stanley Tucci, who portrayed a pitiless customs supervisor, who does everything he can to force Navorski to leave; and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who acted as a flight attendant. The film plays like a fable, right up to the happy ending, although it was based on a real-life incident, that found a man, stranded in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in France for 17 years. Financially, "The Terminal" was probably Spielberg's least-successful film of the decade and it received mixed reviews.
"War of the Worlds" (2005) marked Spielberg's return to blockbuster territory in the realm of science fiction. It stars Dakota Fanning, Tom Cruise, Justin Chatwin and others. The film was a box-office success, though some critical dissent was registered.
"Munich" (2005) was a far more serious and controversial piece of work. Eric Bana acted as Avner, an agent of Israel's Mossad, who is asked by Prime Minister Golda Meir to head a team of assassins, whose mission is to hunt down and execute the Palestinian terrorists, responsible for killing 11 Israelis at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Avner resigns from the Mossad (to ensure total deniability) and assembles a team of experts in explosives, document forgery and other skills, who set about searching for their targets. Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Hanns Zischler and Geoffrey Rush (as Avner's handler) are just a few members of the international cast. The film's strength is also its weakness: its meticulous attention to detail and verisimilitude, which demand respect, but can exhaust viewers. "Munich" was named one of the year's best films by a number of critics, despite the heated debates - too pro-Israel for some, too anti-Israel for others - that surrounded its release. The film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture, and Spielberg received another Best Director nomination.
Made 19 years after "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", Spielberg's next film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), was set in 1957, with Harrison Ford, repeating his signature role as a professor and adventurer extraordinaire Indiana Jones. Shia LaBeouf played Mutt, a motorcycle-riding tough, who turns out to be Indy's son by way of Karen Allen's character Marion from the first Indy movie. Allen returns after her 37-year hiatus from the series to good effect, joined by Cate Blanchett as a deadly Russian agent and Ray Winstone as a British agent, who secretly is in the pay of the Soviets and double-crosses Indy. Deliberately made with a retro style, the film found favour with audiences, becoming the third biggest movie at the box-office that year.
The next films, that followed, include "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011), an adaptation of the long-running comic strip, created by the French artist Hergé; and "War Horse" (2011), a drama, based on a popular Broadway play, which itself was developed from a 1982 children's novel by Michael Morpurgo; the latter film carried high expectations, given its Broadway pedigree and Spielberg's reputation, and it was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. However, it received a tepid response from moviegoers.
In 2012, Spielberg released Lincoln, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner. Based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's study "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" (2006), the film chronicles the fraught politicking, that preceded the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which formally abolished slavery, in the closing months of the Civil War. With Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, Spielberg's film captures the president's complex psychology, a blend of good humour and cynical despair. Although some critics complained, that it took a few historical shortcuts and underplayed the role of abolitionists outside Congress, the film enjoyed box-office success. It also received 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
In subsequent years, Steven directed the Cold War drama "Bridge of Spies" (2015), written by the Coen brothers and Matt Charman. Depicting historical events, the film featured Tom Hanks as civilian lawyer James B. Donovan, who, in 1957, was called upon to defend Soviet spy Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, known by the code name Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). When American pilot Francis Gary Powers was captured by the Soviets in 1960, Donovan was recruited by the CIA to negotiate a prisoner exchange in East Berlin two years later. The film was acclaimed for its taut plotting and sharply drawn portrayals.
In 2016, the film, titled "The BFG", was released. It is an adaptation of a beloved children's book by Roald Dahl. In 2017, Spielberg returned to historical events with "The Post", a well-received drama about publication of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Department of Defense study, concerning the Vietnam War. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post came into possession of the papers in 1971, and the film follows the latter's efforts to publish the material. Hanks starred as Ben Bradlee, executive editor of The Washington Post, and Meryl Streep was cast as the newspaper's owner, Katharine Graham.
In 2018, Steven made his return to sci-fi storytelling, after a 13-year absence, with "Ready Player One". The film takes place in a dystopian 2045, when the inhabitants of a declining Earth find refuge in the exciting virtual world of OASIS. It follows Wade Watts, a 1980's-loving teen, as his avatar competes with other users to find the treasure, hidden by the simulation's inventor.
It's also worth mentioning, that, apart from being a renowned filmmaker, Spielberg has been involved in the creation process of video games. For example, in 1996, Spielberg worked on and shot original footage for a movie-making simulation game, called "Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair". In 2005, he signed with Electronic Arts to collaborate on three games, including an action game and an award-winning puzzle game for the Wii, a home video game console, called "Boom Blox" (and its 2009 sequel: "Boom Blox Bash Party"). Besides, Steven is the creator of the "Medal of Honor" series by Electronic Arts and is credited in the special thanks section of the 1998 video game "Trespasser".
It's important to note, that, in 1981, Spielberg, together with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, established Amblin Entertainment, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more, including the "Gremlins", "Back to the Future", "Men in Black" and the "Transformers series".
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Religion
As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty, reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. Steven was reared in a Jewish household and had a bar mitzvah ceremony in Phoenix, when he turned 13. During his early years, his family attended the synagogue and had many Jewish friends and nearby relatives. However, during his high-school years, Steven grew away from Judaism. In his later years, Steven admitted, that he "rediscovered the honor of being a Jew", when he married his second wife - Kate Capshaw, who converted into Judaism too before their marriage. He also stated, that producing "Schindler's List" in 1993 renewed his faith.
It's worth noting, that, Steven's grandparents lived in Russia, where they were subjected to religious persecution, that forced them flee to the United States.
Politics
Steven is a supporter of the United States Democratic Party candidates. Besides, he has donated over $800,000 to the Democratic party and its nominees. It's also worth noting, that Spielberg is a close friend of former President Bill Clinton, with whom he also worked for the United States of America Millennium celebrations. He directed an 18-minute film for the project, scored by John Williams and entitled "The American Journey". It was shown at America's Millennium Gala on December 31, 1999, in the National Mall at the Reflecting Pool at the base of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Moreover, on February 20, 2007, Spielberg, together with others, including Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, invited Democrats to a fundraiser for Barack Obama.
It's also worth mentioning, that, in 2016, Spielberg supported Hillary Clinton for President of the United States in the 2016 election, having donated a huge sum of money, $1 million, to Priorities USA Action, the largest Democratic Party super PAC (political action committee).
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Steven donated $1 million for relief efforts in Israel and this action caused the Arab League, in 2007, to vote to boycott Spielberg's movies.
In February 2008, Steven abandoned his role as advisor to the 2008 Summer Olympics in response to the Chinese government's inaction over the War in Darfur. The International Olympic Committee respected Spielberg's decision, but IOC president, Jacques Rogge, admitted in an interview, that "Spielberg certainly would have brought a lot to the opening ceremony in terms of creativity". However, Spielberg's statement drew criticism from Chinese officials and state-run media, calling his criticism "unfair".
It was in September 2008, that Steven and his wife, Kate Capshaw, offered their support to same-sex marriage by issuing a statement, following their donation of $100,000 to the "No on Proposition 8" campaign fund. Ten years later, in 2018, the couple also donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives student demonstration in favor of gun control in the United States.
Views
Spielberg's films often deal with several recurring themes. Most of his films deal with ordinary characters, searching for or coming in contact with extraordinary beings or finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. He even commented on his interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life in an AFI interview in August 2000. Besides, Steven described himself as feeling like an alien during childhood. He also noted, that he inherited this interest in extraterrestrial life from his father, a science fiction fan.
Steven's work is also known for such a strong consistent theme, as a childlike sense of wonder and faith. Another child-oriented theme in Spielberg's films is that of loss of innocence and coming-of-age. However, the most persistent theme throughout his films is tension in parent-child relationships.
It's worth saying, that, most of Spielberg's films are generally optimistic in nature. Though some critics accuse his films of being a little overly sentimental, Spielberg feels it is fine as long as it is disguised.
Quotations:
"Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've directed."
"Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that's what I think keeps me hungry."
"I've always been very hopeful, which, I guess, isn't strange, coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I want to say that I've always been full of hope. I've never lost that. I have a lot of hope for this country and for the entire world."
"I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for a living."
"You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams, that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet, than you will ever know."
"My imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy."
"When I grow up, I still want to be a director."
"I always like to think of the audience, when I am directing. Because I am the audience."
"I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera."
"I'm not really interested in making money. That's always come as the result of success, but it's not been my goal, and I've had a tough time, proving that to people."
Membership
Steven is a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, the Directors Guild of America, the Screenwriters Guild of America, as well as fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Boy Scouts of America
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United States
2001
Society of Operating Cameramen
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United States
1995 - present
Personality
Steven is fond of film memorabilia collecting. Also, he is a major collector of the work of American illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. In addition, Spielberg is an avid film buff, and, when not shooting a picture, he can watch many films in a single weekend. He sees almost every major summer blockbuster in theaters, if not preoccupied, and enjoys most of them.
It's also known, that Steven is an avid video gamer. He played many of LucasArts adventure games, including the first "Monkey Island" games. He also enjoys playing first-person shooters, such as the "Medal of Honor" series and "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare".
Steven's favourite food is McAloon's Chicken Pot Pie and his favourite candies are Reese's Pieces.
"Remake" (2003) is one of Steven's favorite films.
Spielberg's net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion.
Physical Characteristics:
Steven is a gray-haired man with blue eyes. His height is approximately 170.2 cm and his weight is about 78 kg.
Quotes from others about the person
"There are only two brand names in the business: Disney and Spielberg." - a Wall Street sell-side analyst
"You can take James Cameron, Chris Nolan or Martin Scorsese - all brilliant and in many ways his peers, but look at quality and consistency, and no one compares." - Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer and media proprietor
"If you have to point to any one director of the last twenty-five years in whose work the medium of film was most fully itself - where we found out what it does best, when left to its own devices, it has to be that guy." - Tom Shone, a British film critic
Interests
video games, film memorabilia collecting
Writers
"The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper
Artists
Norman Rockwell
Connections
Steven met his first wife, Amy Irving, in 1975, at the time, when he was looking for an actress to play in "Close Encounters". They began dating soon and she moved into his house. They lived together for four years, but the stresses of their professional careers influenced their relationship. Irving wanted to be certain, that whatever success she attained as an actress would be her own. She said: "I don't want to be known as Steven's girlfriend." She even chose not to act in any of his films during those years. The couple separated in 1979, but remained close friends.
It was in 1984, that Amy and Steven got back together again. The following year, in November 1985, after the birth of their son, Max Samuel, the couple married. However, Irving and Spielberg divorced in 1989. Their divorce was recorded as the third most costly celebrity divorce in history.
Later, Steven began dating Kate Capshaw, an actress, whom he met, when he cast her in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". The two married on October 12, 1991. Their relationship produced three children - Sasha Rebecca Spielberg, Sawyer Avery Spielberg and Destry Allyn Spielberg. Also, Kate and Steven adopted a daughter - Mikaela George. Besides, Steven is a stepfather to Jessica Capshaw, Kate Capshaw's daughter from her previous marriage to Robert Capshaw, and Theo Spielberg, who was adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg.
Currently, Kate and Steven divide their time in Pacific Palisades, California; Quelle Farm, Georgica Pond in East Hampton, New York; New York City, New York; and Naples, Florida.
Spielberg
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
2017
Steven Spielberg: A Biography
This definitive portrait of one of Hollywood's most famous directors is based on extensive interviews with friends, family and colleagues and explores the man behind some of the most popular movies of all time, including "E.T." and "Jurassic Park".
1997
Who Is Steven Spielberg?
From "Jaws" to "Lincoln", young readers and aspiring filmmakers will be fascinated by the life of this famous director.
2013
Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective
Author of this book, Richard Schickel, provides perceptive analysis of nearly 40 years' worth of Spielberg's work, with illuminating film-by-film commentary on such masterpieces, as the underwater thriller, "Jaws"; the high-speed adventures of "Indiana Jones"; the harrowing "Schindler's List"; sci-fi classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"; and the recent releases "Tintin" and "War Horse".
2012
Steven Spielberg: Crazy for Movies
Based on interviews with the director and his family, this intimate portrait of genius at work takes readers behind the scenes for a peek at the movie-obsessed creator of "E.T.", "Schindler's List", "Jaws" and other masterpieces.
in 1994, for Best Picture, for "Schindler's List" (1993), shared with Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig;
in 1994, for Best Director, for "Schindler's List" (1993);
in 1999, for Best Director, for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
in 1994, for Best Picture, for "Schindler's List" (1993), shared with Gerald R. Molen and Branko Lustig;
in 1994, for Best Director, for "Schindler's List" (1993);
in 1999, for Best Director, for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
in 1994, for Best Director - Motion Picture, for "Schindler's List" (1993);
in 1999, for Best Director - Motion Picture, for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
in 1994, for Best Director - Motion Picture, for "Schindler's List" (1993);
in 1999, for Best Director - Motion Picture, for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
in 1996, for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less), for "A Pinky & the Brain Christmas" (1995), shared with Tom Ruegger (senior producer), Peter Hastings (producer/writer) and Rusty Mills (producer/director);
in 2002, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "Band of Brothers" (2001), shared with Tom Hanks (executive producer), Stephen Ambrose (co-executive producer) and others;
in 2003, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "Taken" (2002), shared with Leslie Bohem (executive producer), Steve Beers (co-executive producer) and others;
in 2010, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "The Pacific" (2010), shared with Gary Goetzman (co-executive producer), Tom Hanks (executive producer) and others
in 1996, for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less), for "A Pinky & the Brain Christmas" (1995), shared with Tom Ruegger (senior producer), Peter Hastings (producer/writer) and Rusty Mills (producer/director);
in 2002, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "Band of Brothers" (2001), shared with Tom Hanks (executive producer), Stephen Ambrose (co-executive producer) and others;
in 2003, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "Taken" (2002), shared with Leslie Bohem (executive producer), Steve Beers (co-executive producer) and others;
in 2010, for Outstanding Miniseries, for "The Pacific" (2010), shared with Gary Goetzman (co-executive producer), Tom Hanks (executive producer) and others
in 1983, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982);
in 1987, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "The Color Purple" (1985);
in 1994, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "Jurassic Park" (1993)
in 1983, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982);
in 1987, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "The Color Purple" (1985);
in 1994, for Best Foreign Language Film, for "Jurassic Park" (1993)
ASECAN Award
in 1995, for Best Foreign Film, for "Schindler's List" (1993)
in 1995, for Best Foreign Film, for "Schindler's List" (1993)
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay,
France
in 1974, for "The Sugarland Express" (1974), shared with Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins
in 1974, for "The Sugarland Express" (1974), shared with Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins
Chicago International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award,
United States