Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg | |
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 Spielberg in July 2017 | |
| Born | Steven Allan Spielberg December 18, 1946[1] Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Saratoga High School |
| Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach |
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| Years active | 1959–present |
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| Spouse(s) | [2] |
| Children | 6 |
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
He was born at The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health [4][5] in Cincinnati, Ohio.[6] He is from a Ukrainian Orthodox Jewish family. His parents were pianist Leah Adler (1920–2017) and engineer Arnold Spielberg (1917–2020). He started his movie career learning to direct in 1968.[7] He was raised in Haddon Township, New Jersey. Spielberg studied at Saratoga High School. He went to California State University, Long Beach.[7]
Spielberg started his career learning how to direct in 1963. His first movies include Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[7] His later movies include Saving Private Ryan and Munich.
Spielberg helped establish the PG-13 rating for the Motion Picture Association of America.[8][9]
Spielberg married Amy Irving in 1985. They divorced in 1989.[7] He married Kate Capshaw in 1991.[7]
Spielberg won two Academy Awards for best director. These two awards were for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. In 1986, he won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been nominated and has won several other awards. In 2023, Spielberg was nominated for another Academy Award for his movie The Fabelmans.
In Oscar acceptance speeches given since 1966, Spielberg holds the record for being thanked the most at 43 mentions, more than God and beating Harvey Weinstein who was thanked 34 times.[10]
Filmography
[change | change source]- The Fabelmans (2022)
- West Side Story (2021)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- The Post (2017)
- The BFG (2016)
- Bridge of Spies (2015)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Lincoln (2012)
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- War Horse (2011)
- The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- Real Steel (2011)
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Super 8 (2011)
- Paul (2011)
- True Grit (2010)
- Hereafter (2010)
- Hollywood Don't Surf! (2010)
- The Lovely Bones (2009)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Eagle Eye (2008)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Munich (2005)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Academy Award, Best Director)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Amistad (1997)
- Casper (1995)
- Schindler's List (1993) (Academy Award, Best Director, Best Picture)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Hook (1991)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Always (1989)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) segment: Kick the Can
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- 1941 (1979)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Jaws (1975)
- The Sugarland Express (1974)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ American Film Institute. "AFI Life Achievement Award". Afi.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg Biography". Biography.com. December 18, 1947. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ↑ Forbes Billionaire List Forbes.com. Retrieved September 2012.
- ↑ "Arnold Meyer Spielberg (b. 1917)". birth-records.mooseroots.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Gutfreund, Sara Debbie (January 28, 2017). "Steven Spielberg's Jewish Roots". The Jewish Website. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ↑ Hook, Sue Vander (2009-09-01). Steven Spielberg: Groundbreaking Director: Groundbreaking Director. ABDO Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-61785-252-7.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 McBride, Joseph (6 May 1999). Steven Spielberg: A Biography - Joseph McBride. ISBN 9780306809002. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- ↑ "10 Things You Didn't Know About Steven Spielberg". Thefw.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg". Contact Music.com. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Ashley. "How powerful was Harvey Weinstein? Almost no one has been thanked at the Oscars more". Quartz. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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