Steven Allan Spielberg KBE OMRI (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. He is considered as one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is best known for directing Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, etc..
History[]
Early Life[]
Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio to an Orthodox Jewish family. His father, Arnold Spielberg (1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers, and his mother, Leah Poster (later Adler) (1920 - 2017), was a restaurateur and concert pianist. His paternal grandparents were Ukranian Jews who settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of 1900s. In 1950, he and his family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey, when his father Arnold took a job with RCA. In 1953, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Speilberg attented Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.
Steven faced difficulty reconcilling being an Orthodox Jew as a child, with the perception of him by other children he played with. He was also suffering from anti-Semitic prejudice acts and bullying: he said "I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible." Spielberg's first home movie was of trains crashing into each other involving his Lionel trains.
When he turned 13, Spielberg had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Career[]
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Personal Life[]
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Filmography[]
- Jaws (1975): Director / Voice actor: "Amity Point Lifestation Worker" (uncredited)
- Poltergeist (1982): Producer / Screenplay / Story / Editor (uncredited)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983): Director: "Kick the Can", producer
- Gremlins (1984): Executive producer / Actor: "Man in Electric Wheelchair" (uncredited)
- Monster House (2006): Executive producer
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