Steven Spielberg - Wikipedia. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBEOMRI (born December 1. American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.[5] He is also one of the co- founders of Dream. Works Studios. In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science- fiction and adventure films, such as Jaws (1.

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War of the Worlds (2. Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as receiving five other nominations.[7] Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws, E. T. the Extra- Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film.[8] The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg- directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest- grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion.[2] He is also known for his long- standing associations with several actors, producers, and technicians, most notably composer John Williams, who has composed music for all but three of Spielberg's films (The Color Purple, Bridge of Spies, and Ready Player One). Early life. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family.[9] His mother, Leah Posner (later Adler) (January 1.

February 2. 1, 2. Arnold Spielberg (born 1. His paternal grandparents were emigrants from Ukraine who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1. In 1. 95. 0, his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey, when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.[1. Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1.

Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.[1. As a child, Spielberg faced difficulty reconciling being an Orthodox Jew with the perception of him by other children he played with. It isn't something I enjoy admitting," he once said, "but when I was seven, eight, nine years old, God forgive me, I was embarrassed because we were Orthodox Jews. I was embarrassed by the outward perception of my parents' Jewish practices.

I was never really ashamed to be Jewish, but I was uneasy at times."[1. Spielberg also said he suffered from acts of anti- Semitic prejudice and bullying: "In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Welcome To Willits Full Movie Part 1. Two bloody noses. It was horrible."[1. His first home movie was of a train wreck involving his toy Lionel trains, then age 1. Throughout his early teens, and after entering high school, Spielberg continued to make amateur 8 mm "adventure" films.[1.

In 1. 95. 8, he became a Boy Scout and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine- minute 8 mm film entitled The Last Gunfight.[2. Years later, Spielberg recalled to a magazine interviewer, "My dad's still- camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my father's movie camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western.

I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started."[2. At age thirteen, while living in Phoenix, Spielberg won a prize for a 4.

Escape to Nowhere, using a cast composed of other high school friends. That motivated him to make 1. In 1. 96. 3, at age sixteen, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent film, a 1. Firelight, which would later inspire Close Encounters. The film was made for $5. After attending Arcadia High School in Phoenix for three years, his family next moved to Saratoga, California where he later graduated from Saratoga High School in 1.

He attained the rank of Eagle Scout. His parents divorced while he was still in school,[2. Spielberg moved to Los Angeles, staying initially with his father. His long- term goal was to become a film director. His three sisters and mother remained in Saratoga. In Los Angeles, he applied to the University of Southern California's film school, but was turned down because of his "C" grade average.[1. He then applied and was admitted to California State University, Long Beach, where he became a brother of Theta Chi Fraternity.[2.

While still a student, he was offered a small unpaid intern job at Universal Studios with the editing department.[2. He was later given the opportunity to make a short film for theatrical release, the 2.

Amblin', which he wrote and directed. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven- year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long- term deal with a major Hollywood studio.[1. He subsequently dropped out of college to begin professionally directing TV productions with Universal.[2. Spielberg later returned to Cal State Long Beach and completed his BA degree in Film and Electronic Arts in 2. Career. 19. 70s. His first professional TV job came when he was hired to direct one of the segments for the 1. Night Gallery, written by Rod Serling and would star Joan Crawford.[3.

Crawford, however, was "speechless, and then horrified" at the thought of a twenty- one- year- old newcomer directing her, one of Hollywood's leading stars. Why was this happening to me?" she asked the producer.[3. Her attitude changed after they began working on her scenes: When I began to work with Steven, I understood everything. It was immediately obvious to me, and probably everyone else, that here was a young genius. I thought maybe more experience was important, but then I thought of all of those experienced directors who didn't have Steven's intuitive inspiration and who just kept repeating the same old routine performances.

That was called "experience."I knew then that Steven Spielberg had a brilliant future ahead of him. Hollywood doesn't always recognize talent, but Steven's was not going to be overlooked. I told him so in a note I wrote him. I wrote to Rod Serling, too.

I was so grateful that he had approved Steven as the director. I told him he had been totally right.[3.

She and Spielberg were reportedly close friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films. After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby, M. D., Spielberg got his first feature- length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L. Watch True Story Online on this page. A. 2. 01. 7". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed him to a short contract. He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist, before landing the first series episode of Columbo (previous episodes were actually TV films). Based on the strength of his work, Universal signed Spielberg to do four TV films.

The first was a Richard Matheson adaptation called Duel. The film is about a psychotic Peterbilt 2. Dennis Weaver) of a small Plymouth Valiant and tries to run him off the road. Special praise of this film by the influential British critic Dilys Powell was highly significant to Spielberg's career.

Another TV film (Something Evil) was made and released to capitalize on the popularity of The Exorcist, then a major best- selling book which had not yet been released as a film. He fulfilled his contract by directing the TV film- length pilot of a show called Savage, starring Martin Landau.