| Full
Name |
Steven Allen Spielberg |
| Also
credited as |
Steve Spielberg,Steven Spielrock
|
| Profession |
Producer,writer
and director |
| Date
of birth |
18-dec-1946 |
| Birth
place |
Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA |
| Height |
5'7''
|
| Father |
Arnold Spielberg -electrical
engineer
|
| Mother |
Leah Adler -concert pianinst
|
| Wife |
Ex-Wife: Amy Irving(1979 till 1989)
Present:Kate Capshaw-actress
|
| Sisters |
- Anne Spielberg(screenwriter
and producer)
- Sue Spielberg
- Nancy Katz(jewelry designer)
|
| Children |
- Max Spielberg (with Irving)
-
Theo Spielberg (adopted)
-
Sasha Spielberg
-
Sawyer Spielberg
-
Jessica Capshaw
-
Mikaela George Spielberg (adopted)
-
Destry Allyn
|
| Education |
- Arcadia High School in Phoenix
- Long
Beach University , California (dropped out of college in 1968 but
later graduated in 2002 )
|
| Debut |
-
Film -'Amblin'
- TV -Night gallery (1969)
- Feature film-Sugarland
Express-1974
-
TV film 'Duel'(1971)
|
| Person
to recognize his talent |
Chuck Silvers, head of the editorial department
of the Universal studios was impressed on
seeing of
his 8mm films
|
| Best
films |
Jaws, ET, Schindler's List
,Saving Private Ryan ,Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park series
|
| Regrets |
-
Not able to direct 'Rain man'
- For not investing in Yahoo when
asked for it. He thought it was not worth investing.
|
Awards
and
Honors |
- He produced a 40 minutes film
'Escape to Nowhere' and won an award at the young
age of 13.
- At age 16 he produced the movie
'Firelight'
- Best screen play award in Cannes
film festival for the film Sugar land Express
- Golden Globe Awards for the year
1994,1999
- Honored with a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute-1995
- Distinguished Public Service Award, the U. S. Navy's highest civilian honor, on Veterans Day 1999 for his work on the movie Saving Private Ryan (1998).
- Has won 2 oscars for the films
'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Schindler's list'
- Honour of Knight of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in New Years
Honour's 2001 by the Queen for his contribution to the British film
- Honorary doctor of humane letters
degree from Yale University, 2002.
- Received a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame in 2003
- Received daytime Emmy awards for
the years 1996,2002,2003
|
| Common
aspect in his films |
- World War II is often
referred
- Most of his films show children
in some sort of danger
- Shooting stars are always
seen in his movies
|
| Delay
in getting his degree |
"My longest 'post-production
schedule".
|
| Admires |
- Person: David Lean
- Movies: Seven Samurai, Lawrence
of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life, and The Searchers
|
| Afraid
of |
Aeroplanes,
elevators
and closed -in places
|
| Owns |
- Dreamworks (22% ownership)
SKG along with David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Amblin (100% ownership)
- Dive! (restaurant chain) (50%
ownership)
- idealab! (internet content)
(15% ownership)
|
| Total
wealth |
$2billion
|
| Facts |
- His father worked for
companies like IBM and GE and he has 12
patents to his name.
- In school he was nicknamed
'retard' because he lost a race to a
mentally retarded boy.
- His adopted children are African-Americans
- Supports democratic party
- Hates coffee
- Did not accept his salary
for directing 'Shindler's List'
- Created 'Shoah Visual History Foundation' which has
recorded the testimonies of over 50,000
Holocaust survivors
- Resigned from the Boy
Scouts because they excluded gays from
scouting.
- Paid $207,500 and later $578,000
for the best -actress statuettes presented to Bette Davis
and $607,500 for the Oscar presented to Clark Gable
when it was auctioned and donated it back to
the Motion Picture Academy
- Donated $12 million to save a Los Angeles
equestrian club
- Declined the offer to direct
'Harry Potter'
- He doesn't like to use digital actors
|
| Quotes |
- "I dream for a living,"
- I'd rather direct than
produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."
|
| Future
goals |
To make a musical |
Compiled by: Poongodi Sivagurunathan
Courtesy: Net
Resources
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