Steven Spielberg

Born:

December 18, 1946

Born as:

Steven Allan Spielberg

I dream for a living

Remarkable:

Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3 billion.

Biography:

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), Spielberg began experimenting with 8mm short films when he was only in grade school. After he had directed episodes of TV series Spielberg`s first feature-length TV movie, Duel (1971), earned the filmmaker critical praise and a chance to jump to the big screen.

The nightmarish production problems on the big budget Jaws (1975) almost detoured his rise to prominence. But his success could still grow bigger. He hit gold again directing Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) but the highest grossing movie of all time up to that point was the alien story, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

In the late 1980s, a string of relative disappointments coincided with a period of personal upheaval for Spielberg. He made a major career resurgence in 1993 with the special effect-heavy dinosaur extravaganza Jurassic Park.

Steven produced and directed Schindler's List (1993) a stirring film about the Holocaust and won finally best director at the Oscars.

In the mid-nineties Spielberg co-founded the production company Dreamworks, responsible for many box office successes in the nineties and the new century. In 2006 he sold it for $1.6 billion to Viacom, the parent company of Paramount Pictures.

Steven kept on filming in the new century, and made movies like Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and Munich (2005). In 2008, after years in the making, he finally delivered Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull starring Harrison Ford.

Schindler's list (1993)
Raiders of the lost ark (1981)
Jaws (1975)
Saving private Ryan (1998)
Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jurassic park (1993)
Close encounters of the third kind (1977)
Catch me If you can (2002)
Minority report (2002)

Duel (1971)
Something Evil (1972)
Savage (1973)
The Sugarland express (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Close encounters of the third kind (1977)
1941 (1979)
Raiders of the lost ark (1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom (1984)
The color purple (1985)
Empire of the sun (1987)
Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989)
Always (1989)
Hook (1991)
Jurassic park (1993)
Schindler's list (1993)
The lost world: Jurassic Park (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Saving private Ryan (1998)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Minority report (2002)
Catch me If you can (2002)
The terminal (2004)
War of the worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The adventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Lincoln (2012)
Jurassic park 3D (1993)
Robopacalypse (2013)
Indiana Jones 5 (2014)
George Gershwin (2014)
Chocky (2014)
The 39 Clues (2014)
American sniper (2014)

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Bibliography » Web:

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Ain't it cool news - Spielberg, Jackson and Tin Tin
Awards daily - Lincoln Blu-ray announced
BBC News - Tintin film is finished but not finished
BBC News - Spielberg shows his collection
BBC News - Dreamworks and Indian money
Cinema Blend - Catch me if you can will con its way
Deadline - Spielberg may direct a biopic
Deadline Hollywood - Spielberg named filmmaker of the year
DVD Times -
DVD town -
Empire - Raiders is the second best film
Empire - Spielberg talked about Jurassic Park 4
Entertainment Weekly - Spielberg is the best director
Filmonic - Tintin in March on Blu-ray
Filmschool rejects -
Financial Times - Spielberg finalises $825m financing
Forbes - Highest-Paid Men
Goop - Spielberg likes classic movies
Guardian -
Harrison Ford: The Films - Destruction of the world in HD
HD Room - Schindler's List headed to Blu-ray
High-def digest - Minority report in Blu-ray
High-def digest - Artificial Intelligence on Blu-ray
High-def digest - Empire of the sun Blu-ray
High-def digest - Close encounters Blu-ray Re-release
Hollywood reporter - ET coming to Blu-ray in October
Hollywood reporter - Spielberg's Robopocalypse delayed
Hollywood reporter - Spielberg to direct American Sniper
Hollywood reporter - Lincoln screening at White House
Indiewire - Spielberg is developing Kubrick film
Los Angeles Times - Spielberg talks about Tintin
Los Angeles Times - Spielberg directs a horse
Los Angeles Times - Jurassic Park 3D in the Summer of 2013
New York Times - Spielberg reworks contract
New York Times - Spielberg and his invisible friend
People - Spielberg is going to win a Globe
Philly.com - Spielberg wins again
Politico - Spielberg gives $1 million to Obama
PR Newswire - Steven and Disney
Press Association - Spielberg to present Golden Globes
Scenh film - Liam Neeson quits Lincoln
Seeing-stars.com -
Slashfilm - Will Lincoln finally be filmed?
Slashfilm - Walking with dinosaurs
The big money - Spielberg’s financial problems
The Independent - Spielberg vs University
Total Film - Spielberg won't change his films
Total Film - Spielberg chooses Jared Harris
USA Today - Spielberg to direct Robopocalypse

Rumors and new films

- American sniper -
Known as the most lethal sniper in American history, Chris Kyle served four tours of duty during the second Iraq war, where he was nicknamed the Devil of Ramadi, and awarded two Silver Stars for his efforts.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- The 39 Clues -
The globe-trotting adventures of a powerful and mysterious family known as the Cahills.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Chocky -
A boy forms an unusual imaginary friendship with an alien.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- George Gershwin -
A chronicle of the live of the famed Broadway composer and pianist.
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Indiana Jones 5 -
Unknown story
Status: Maybe, maybe not

- Robopacalypse -
The film explores the fate of the human race following a robot rebellion.
Status: Uncertain, release date may be in 2013

News

This week 9 years ago The terminal premiered in Canada (June 25, 2004, Qu?bec)

This week 8 years ago War of the worlds premiered in the United Kingdom (June 19, 2005, London)

This week 11 years ago Minority report premiered in Australia (June 20, 2002)

-May 03, 2013
Steven Spielberg's next project may be American Sniper, based on the 2012 autobiography of the same name by Chris Kyle. Known as the most lethal sniper in American history, Kyle served four tours of duty during the second Iraq war, where he was nicknamed the Devil of Ramadi, and awarded two Silver Stars for his efforts.
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Trivia

Spielberg says that his alter ego in Saving private Ryan is Corporal Upham, the cowardly pacifist. Tom Hanks disagrees: “I think who Steven fantasizes himself being is Mellish who pulls out his star of David and says Jude, Jude as the German P.O.W.`s are going by”
--Source: Steven Spielberg: Interviews, Page 232

Spielberg about Schindler`s list “Everyday shooting was like up waking up and going to hell []I feel more connected to the material than I`ve ever felt before.“
--Source: Steven Spielberg: A Biography, Page 55

Steven has his handprints set in cement on Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood, USA, in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theater).
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Director Billy Wilder wanted to direct Schindler’s list. “I would have been very, very careful with Schindler’s list. [] It was a very, very good picture. I tip my hat. ”
--Source: Conversations with Wilder, Page 22

He has a personal fortune in excess of 2.6 billion dollars $US.

Steven has a star on Hollywood Boulevard.It’s located between Highland avenue and Orange Drive.

Director Martin Scorsese turned down the chance to direct Schindler’s list in the 1980s, as he felt he couldn’t do as good a job as a Jewish director. He agreed to swap films with Spielberg, taking over Cape Fear (1991) instead.
--Source: Movie Moguls Speak: Interviews with Top Film Producers, Page 171

Before he starts to direct a new film Spielberg always watches 4 films: Shichinin no samurai (1954) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) It’s a wonderful Life (1955) The searchers (1956).

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