Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg is a famous Hollywood director renowned for his movies such as ‘E.T.’, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘War of the Worlds’

Dec 18, 1946

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: December 18, 1946
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Film Maker, College Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, ESFP
  • City/State: Ohio
  • Spouses: Amy Irving
  • Siblings: Anne Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg, Sue Spielberg
  • Childrens: Destry Allyn Spielberg, Max Spielberg, Mikaela George Spielberg, Sasha Spielberg, Sawyer Avery Spielberg, Theo Spielberg

Steven Spielberg born at

Cincinnati

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Birth Place

Married to Amy Irving from 1985 to 1989; the couple has one kid together, Max Samuel.

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Personal Life

His present wife is Kate Capshaw, whom he met during filming of ‘Indiana Jones’ and the ‘Temple of Doom’. The two married in 1991 and have 5 children together, 3 biological and 2 adopted.

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In 2002, 35 years after he first enrolled in college, Spielberg was able to finish his degree through independent studies and was awarded a Bachelor’s of Arts in ‘Film Production and Electronic Arts’ from ‘California State University Long Beach’.

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Personal Life

Steven Spielberg was born on December 18th, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Leah Adler Posner, a restaurateur and concert pianist, and Arnold Spielberg, an electrical engineer.

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Childhood & Early Life

Growing up as an Orthodox Jew, he attended ‘Hebrew School’ from 1953 to 1957 and experienced prejudice and bullying due to his family’s religious practices.

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Childhood & Early Life

As a child, Spielberg began directing his first short films. In 1958, as a Boy Scout he received a photography merit badge for creating a 9 minute film called ‘The Last Gunfight’.

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Childhood & Early Life

At the age of 13, Spielberg won a prize for his film ‘Escape to Nowhere’, a 40 minute film based on a battle in east Africa.

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Childhood & Early Life

In 1963, he wrote and directed his first independent film, a 140 minute science fiction film entitled ‘Firelight’.

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Childhood & Early Life

Spielberg’s first film was a 26 minute production by the name of Amblin’, produced in 1968 when the budding film-maker was working as an intern at ‘Universal Studios’.

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Career

In 1969, he received his first professional television job as he was hired to direct a segment for the pilot episode of ‘Night Gallery’, which starred Joan Crawford.

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Career

After impressing ‘Universal Studios’ with his first full-length assignment, an episode of ‘The Name of the Game’ called ‘L.A. 2017’, he signed a contract with Universal for directing four films.

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Career

He directed the 1975 film ‘Jaws’, which was his first major success, grossing more than $470 million worldwide at the box office and ushering him into mainstream.

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’Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, both written and directed by Steven in 1977, won him his first ‘Academy Award nomination for Best Director’.

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Career

In 1981, he founded ‘Amblin Entertainment’, an American film and television production company. Amblin has released many of Spielberg’s motion pictures, along with pictures from a variety of other directors, most of whom are friends of Steven.

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Major Works

He founded ‘DreamWorks SKG’ studio, in 1994, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, a live-action and animation film studio, located in the ‘Universal Studios’ lot. ‘DreamWorks’ has distributed a variety of ‘Amblin’ productions.

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Major Works