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I interpret my dreams one way and make a movie out of them and people see my movies and make them part of their dreams - Steven Spielberg |
Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Jewish parents Leah Adler (nèe Posner), a restaurateur and concert pianist, agnd Arnold Spielberg, a computer engineer.
Throughout his early teens, Spielberg made amateur 8 mm"adventure" movies with his Friends, the first of which he shot at a restaurant (Pinnacle Peak Patio) in Scottsdale, Arizona. He charged admission (25 cents) to his home movies (which involved the wrecks he staged with his Lionel train set) while his sister sold Popcorn
He became a Boy Scout and in 1958, he fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm Film entitled The Last Gunfight. Spielberg recalled years later to a magazine interviewer, "My dad`s still camera was broken, so I asked the scoutmaster if I could tell a story with my Father`s movie Camera. He said yes, and I got an idea to do a Western. I made it and got my merit badge. That was how it all started"
At age 13, Spielberg won a prize for a 40-minute war movie he titled "Escape to Nowhere". In 1963, at age 16, Spielberg wrote and directed his first independent movie, a 140-minute science fiction adventure called Firelight (which would later inspire Close Encounters). The movie, which had a budget of US$400, was shown in his local movie theater and generated a profit of $100. A writer for the local Phoenix press wrote that he could expect great things to come.After his parents divorced, he moved to California with his father. His three sisters and mother remained in Arizona, where he attended Passover seders at the home of Zalman and Pearl Segal on an annual basis. Although he attended Arcadia High School in Phoenix, Arizona for three years, Spielberg ended up graduating from Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, in 1965, which he called the "worst experience" of his life and "hell on Earth". It was during this time Spielberg attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Protagonists in his films often come from families with divorced parents, most notably _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (protagonist Elliot's mother is divorced) and Catch Me If You Can (2002) (Frank Abagnale's mother and father split early on in the film). This reflects Spielberg's own experience as a youth with his parents breaking up.
A common theme in many of his films: ordinary people who discover something extraordinary - people, places, artifacts, creatures, etc.
Important images, or characters, are often seen through the rear-view mirror of acar (e.g. Duel (1971) (TV); E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982);Jurassic Park (1993); Schindler's List (1993); Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001). | Notable feature(s):
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He went to California State University Long Beach, but dropped out to pursue his entertainment career.
On May 31, 2002, graduated from California State. University Long Beach with a bachelor's degree in film and electronic arts. He had dropped out of college in 1968 to concentrate on his career, but during the 2000s fulfilled his remaining graduation requirements via independent projects, which required correspondence courses and several term papers. For Spielberg, the school waived its requirement that all senior film majors must submit a completed 12-minute short film, accepting Schindler's List (1993) in its place. He donned cap and gown and marched in the commencement ceremony with his fellow graduates.
Received honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Yale University (27 May 2002).
When Spielberg received his undergraduate degree (about 35 years after he had first entered college), the orchestra played the theme from the "Indiana Jones" series of films as he walked up to and across the stage. |
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Relationships: Holly Hunter c. 1989
Margot Kidder early 1970s
Sarah Miles. early 1970s; Miles reportedly became pregnant and chose to have abortion.
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Father: Arnold Spielberg. born c. 1918; lost relatives in the Holocaust; involved in the early development of computers; divorced from Spielberg's mother; remarried on April 6, 1997Mother:
Leah Adler. Had four children with Arnold (Steven the youngest); married to second husband, Bernie Adler; they own a kosher dairy restaurant called The Milky Way on Pico Boulevard in Los AngelesFrom 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 divorce settlement, she received $100 million from Spielberg after a judge controversially vacated a prenuptial agreement written on a napkin. Their divorce was recorded as the third most costly celebrity divorce in history. Following the divorce, Spielberg and Irving shared custody of their son, Max Samuel.
Spielberg subsequently developed a relationship with actress Kate Capshaw, whom he met when he cast her in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. They married on October 12, 1991. Capshaw is a convert to Judaism. They currently move among their four homes in Pacific Palisades, California; New York City;
East Hampton, NY; and Naples, Florida.
Kate Capshaw 12 October 1991 - present: 5 children Amy Irving 27 November 1985 - 2 February 1989) (divorced) 1 child
There are seven children in the Capshaw-Spielberg family: Theo Spielberg, who was adopted by Kate Capshaw before their marriage and later adopted by Spielberg, born in 1988, Sasha Spielberg, born on 14 May 1990, Sawyer Spielberg, born on 10 March 1992, their adopted daughter Mikaela George Spielberg, born on 28 February 1996, and Destry Allen Spielberg, born on 1 December 1996. Kate Capshaw's daughter Jessica Capshaw, born in 1976, is from her previous marriage. |
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Spielberg generally supports U.S. Democratic Party candidates. He has donated over $800,000 for the Democratic party and its nominees. He has been a close friend of former President Bill Clinton and worked with the President for the USA Millennium celebrations. He directed an 18-minute film for the project, scored by John Williams and entitled The American Journey. It was shown at America's Millennium Gala on December 31, 1999, in the National Mall at the Reflecting Pool at the base of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.. | Charities/Causes:
Steven Spielberg co-founded Starbright with Randy Aduana– a foundation dedicated to improving sick children's lives through technology-based programs focusing on entertainment and education. In 2002 Starbright merged with the Starlight Foundation forming what is now today – Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.
| Spielberg is a huge fan of the actors Steve Martin, Bill Murray and Robin Williams He is also proud to admit they are good friends of his.
The charity that Steven helped establish in 1994 (Righteous Persons Foundation), has donated $1m (US) to the National Museum of American Jewish History. | |
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