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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Birth name: Steven Allan Spielberg
Gender: Male
Medium(s): Film; Television
Roles: Director; Writer; Producer; Executive producer
Born: December 18th, 1946
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Notable works: Back to the Future
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Falling Skies
Jurassic Park
1st Sci-Fi: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Stephen Spielberg is an Academy-award winning film director and producer and considered one of the most influential and pioneering film makers of all time.

History[]

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Steven Allan Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 18th, 1946 to Arnold Spielberg and Leah Adler. He attended film school at the University of Southern California School of Theater, Film and Television. Following an unsuccesful period of time at USC, Spielberg transferred to California State University in Long Beach. He later went on to work as an intern at Universal Studios. In 1968 Spielberg shot his first film, a twenty-four minute short called Amblin ', which would later be used as the name of his production company Amblin Entertainment.

Having worked on a few television projects between 1969 and 1971, Spielberg's theatrical debut as a director was the 1974 crime-drama The Sugarland Express. However, it would be another year before Spielberg would craft a film that would inevitably become the shining mark of his career. In 1975, Spielberg directed the horror film Jaws, which quickly cemented his role as a film director and a commercial commodity. Jaws became the first of what would come to be known as the "Summer Blockbuster" movie. Spielberg's first foray into science fiction was the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss (who Spielberg also cast in Jaws). The film became a critical success and Spielberg was nominated for Best Director for Close Encounters at the 1978 Academy Awards. Although he didn't win the Best Director nomination, the film did win the category for Best Cinematography.

In 2011, Spielberg and his company DreamWorks Television began production on the TNT television series Falling Skies.

Body of work[]

Film[]

Film Year Role
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Director
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Director; Producer
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 Producer; Director (2nd vignette)
Back to the Future 1985 Executive producer
Innerspace 1987 Producer
*batteries not included 1987 Executive producer
Back to the Future Part II 1989 Executive producer
Back to the Future Part III 1990 Executive producer
Jurassic Park 1993 Director
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 Director
Men in Black 1997 Executive producer
Deep Impact 1998 Executive producer
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Director
Evolution 2001 Executive producer
Jurassic Park 2001 Executive producer
Minority Report 2002 Director
Men in Black II 2002 Executive producer
War of the Worlds 2005 Director
Transformers 2007 Executive producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 Executive producer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 Executive producer
Real Steel 2011 Executive producer

Television[]

Series Episode Role
Falling Skies Live and Learn Executive producer
Falling Skies The Armory Executive producer
Falling Skies Prisoner of War Executive producer
Falling Skies Grace Executive producer
Falling Skies Silent Kill Executive producer
Falling Skies Sanctuary (Part 1) Executive producer
Falling Skies Sanctuary (Part 2) Executive producer
Falling Skies What Hides Beneath Executive producer
Falling Skies Mutiny Executive producer
Falling Skies Eight Hours Executive producer

Notes & Trivia[]

  • In the 1998 English-dubbed video release of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, there is a naval character named Major Spielberg, who is a witness to the discovery of a Godzillasaurus on Lagos Island. The character is named after Steven Spielberg in recognition of his work on the Jurassic Park franchise.
  • In Betty and Veronica #125 from 1998, there is a character in the final story named Steven Squeelburger, who is the director of a film called Jurassic Pork. This is a parody of Steven Spielberg and his 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.

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