Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 18, 1946, to an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1953, the family moved to Phoenix, AZ where Steven Spielberg went to Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957. In his early teen years, Spielberg made his first home movie of a train wreck with his toy Lionel trains. Growing up, Spielberg had made nine-minute 8 mm film and one of his films was entitled The Last Gunfight.
As Steven Spielberg grew up in Phoenix, he would charge admission to his home movies and his sister would sell popcorn. Steven excelled in making movies, but he was not a good student. In fact, Steven hated school and was considered one of the most unusual students there. Steven would prefer not to do his homework and …show more content…
which expressed childlike wonder at the marvels of this world. In 1985, he created beyond and literary adaptations like “The Color Purple”. Steven’s popularity directing, producing and filming has gained him several awards and honors including many Academy Awards. In 1986, Spielberg received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 1982, Spielberg’s first film company, Amblin Entertainment was founded. The film company along with Spielberg, produced several successful films like Back to the Future in 1985, followed by two sequels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988. There were three top star films that Spielberg filmed and grossed an estimated amount of $8.5 billion and that’s was in E.T., Jaws and Jurassic Park. (Editors, 2015)
During the year of 1994, Steven co-founded the studio DreamWorks, which was eventually purchased by Paramount Pictures in 2005. In 1998, Steven filmed “Saving Private Ryan” a film generated from revisiting World War II from the viewpoint of American soldiers in Europe and earned him another Academy Award for Best Director. Spielberg received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award and the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his work in 2004. And in the year 2005, Spielberg received the honor, into the Science Fiction Hall of
As Steven Spielberg grew up in Phoenix, he would charge admission to his home movies and his sister would sell popcorn. Steven excelled in making movies, but he was not a good student. In fact, Steven hated school and was considered one of the most unusual students there. Steven would prefer not to do his homework and …show more content…
which expressed childlike wonder at the marvels of this world. In 1985, he created beyond and literary adaptations like “The Color Purple”. Steven’s popularity directing, producing and filming has gained him several awards and honors including many Academy Awards. In 1986, Spielberg received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 1982, Spielberg’s first film company, Amblin Entertainment was founded. The film company along with Spielberg, produced several successful films like Back to the Future in 1985, followed by two sequels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988. There were three top star films that Spielberg filmed and grossed an estimated amount of $8.5 billion and that’s was in E.T., Jaws and Jurassic Park. (Editors, 2015)
During the year of 1994, Steven co-founded the studio DreamWorks, which was eventually purchased by Paramount Pictures in 2005. In 1998, Steven filmed “Saving Private Ryan” a film generated from revisiting World War II from the viewpoint of American soldiers in Europe and earned him another Academy Award for Best Director. Spielberg received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award and the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his work in 2004. And in the year 2005, Spielberg received the honor, into the Science Fiction Hall of