| 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)
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| Children |
- Max Spielberg (with Irving)
- Theo Spielberg (adopted)
- Sasha Spielberg
- Sawyer Spielberg
- Jessica Capshaw
- Mikaela George Spielberg (adopted)
- Destry Allyn
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| Education |
- Arcadia High School in Phoenix
- Long Beach University , California (dropped out of college in 1968 but later graduated in 2002 )
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| Debut |
- Film -‘Amblin’
- TV -Night gallery (1969)
- Feature film-Sugarland Express-1974
- TV film ‘Duel'(1971)
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| 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.
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 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
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| Quotes |
- “I dream for a living,”
- I’d rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.”
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| Future goals |
To make a musical |
