Steven Spielberg
OCCUPATION: Director, Producer
BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1946 (Age: 67)
BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1946 (Age: 67)
Steven Spielberg accepted no money for his work on
Schindler's List, and instead donated his salary and all of his future profits
from the movie to The Shoah Foundation.
Steven Spielberg is the godfather of both Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow.
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio
Full Name: Steven Allan Spielberg
AKA: Steven Spielberg
ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
His films have explored primeval fears, as in Jaws (1975), or expressed childlike wonder at the marvels of this world and beyond, as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and ET (1982). Spielberg has also tackled literary adaptations, such as The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). And audiences around the world were riveted by the continuing adventures of his daredevil hero, Indiana Jones, in such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Imaginative fantasy is dominant in his version of Peter Pan, Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
Spielberg is also known for his impressive historical films. The Holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993) starring Liam Neeson as a businessman who helps save Jews won seven Academy Awards, including Spielberg’s first win as Best Director. In 1998, he revisited World War II, this time from the perspective of American soldiers in Europe in Saving Private Ryan (1998), which earned him another Academy Award for Best Director. His first film company, Amblin Entertainment, which was founded in 1982, produced several other successful films, notably Back to the Future (1985) and its two sequels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Steven Spielberg is the godfather of both Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow.
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio
Full Name: Steven Allan Spielberg
AKA: Steven Spielberg
ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
His films have explored primeval fears, as in Jaws (1975), or expressed childlike wonder at the marvels of this world and beyond, as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and ET (1982). Spielberg has also tackled literary adaptations, such as The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). And audiences around the world were riveted by the continuing adventures of his daredevil hero, Indiana Jones, in such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Imaginative fantasy is dominant in his version of Peter Pan, Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
Spielberg is also known for his impressive historical films. The Holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993) starring Liam Neeson as a businessman who helps save Jews won seven Academy Awards, including Spielberg’s first win as Best Director. In 1998, he revisited World War II, this time from the perspective of American soldiers in Europe in Saving Private Ryan (1998), which earned him another Academy Award for Best Director. His first film company, Amblin Entertainment, which was founded in 1982, produced several other successful films, notably Back to the Future (1985) and its two sequels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
In 1994 Spielberg formed a new studio;
Dream works SKG with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
(It was later bought by Paramount Pictures in 2005.) In 2001 he completed the
science fiction film AI: Artificial Intelligence, a project begun by Stanley
Kubrick. Later films include the Academy Award-nominated Munich
(2005). He also served as producer for the Clint
Eastwood-directed World War II films, Flags of Our Fathers
(2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006).
Spielberg reunited with George Lucas
for the latest installment of the Indiana Jones saga in 2008. Spielberg
directed the film, which featured Harrison Ford
reprising his role as the famed adventurer in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull.
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