NAME: Steven Allan Spielberg
OCCUPATION: Director, Producer
BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cincinnati, Ohio
Religion: Judaism
Notable work(s):Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Lincoln
Munich
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Early Career
He became one of the youngest television directors for Universal in the late 1960s. A highly praised television film, Duel (1972), brought him the opportunity to direct for the cinema, and a string of hits have made him the most commercially successful director of all time.
Career Highlight
His films have explored primeval fears, as in Jaws (1975), or expressed childlike wonder at the marvels of this world and beyond, as in ET (1982). Spielberg has also tackled literary adaptations and audiences around the world were riveted by the continuing adventures of his daredevil hero, Indiana Jones
Spielberg is also known for his impressive historical films. The Holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993) starring Liam Neeson as a businessman who helps save Jews won seven Academy Awards, including Spielberg’s first win as Best Director. He accepted no money for his work on Schindler's List, and instead donated his salary and all of his future profits from the movie to The Shoah Foundation.
His first film company, Amblin Entertainment, which was founded in 1982, produced several other successful films, notably Back to the Future (1985) and its two sequels, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Personal Life
From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 they had a divorce settlement. Spielberg subsequently developed a relationship with actress Kate Capshaw. He now has 6 kids and lives in LA, California.
Spielberg has been an avid video gamer. He owns a Wii, a PlayStation 3, a PSP, and Xbox 360, and enjoys playing first-person shooters such as the Medal of Honor series and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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