Steven Spielberg

Film director

1946 –

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Who is Steven Spielberg?

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the Transatlantic slave trade, war, and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks movie studio.

Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park —achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at the time. To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide. Forbes puts Spielberg's wealth at $3.2 billion.

Famous Quotes:

  • I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.
  • I dream for a living.
  • Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to and I see another movie I want to make.

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Born
Dec 18, 1946
Cincinnati
Also known as
  • Steve Spielberg
  • Steven Spielrock
  • Stephen Spielberg
  • Steven Allan Spielberg
  • Steven Speilberg
  • Uncle Morty
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish American
  • Jewish people
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Long Beach
    Filmmaking
    ( - 2002)
  • Saratoga High School
  • Arcadia High School
  • Brookdale Community College
Employment
  • DreamWorks
  • Amblin Entertainment
  • Universal Studios
Lived in
  • Cincinnati
  • Scottsdale
  • New York City
  • Naples
  • Pacific Palisades
  • Camden
  • Saratoga

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on July 23, 2013

Modified by Noortztt
on April 10, 2021

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