Steven Spielberg

	Born: December 18, 1946
	Born as: Steven Allan Spielberg

I dream for a living

Remarkable:

Steven and his wife Kate Capshaw have eight children.

Biography:

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), Spielberg began experimenting with 8mm short films when he was only in grade school. After he had directed episodes of TV series Spielberg`s first feature-length TV movie, Duel (1971), earned the filmmaker critical praise and a chance to jump to the big screen.

The nightmarish production problems on the big budget Jaws (1975) almost detoured his rise to prominence. But his success could still grow bigger. He hit gold again directing Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) but the highest grossing movie of all time up to that point was the alien story, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

In the late 1980s, a string of relative disappointments coincided with a period of personal upheaval for Spielberg. He made a major career resurgence in 1993 with the special effect-heavy dinosaur extravaganza Jurassic Park.

Steven produced and directed Schindler's List (1993) a stirring film about the Holocaust and won finally best director at the Oscars.

In the mid-nineties Spielberg co-founded the production company Dreamworks, responsible for many box office successes in the nineties and the new century. In 2006 he sold it for $1.6 billion to Viacom, the parent company of Paramount Pictures.

Steven kept on filming in the new century, and made movies like Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and Munich (2005). In 2008, after years in the making, he finally delivered Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull starring Harrison Ford.

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Ain't it cool news - Spielberg, Jackson and Tin Tin
BBC News - Tintin film is finished but not finished
BBC News - Spielberg shows his collection
BBC News - Dreamworks and Indian money
Deadline - Spielberg may direct a biopic
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Empire - Raiders is the second best film
Empire - Spielberg talked about Jurassic Park 4
Entertainment Weekly - Spielberg is the best director
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Financial Times - Spielberg finalises $825m financing
Forbes - Highest-Paid Men
Goop - Spielberg likes classic movies
Guardian -
Harrison Ford: The Films - Destruction of the world in HD
High-def digest - Minority report in Blu-ray
High-def digest - Artificial Intelligence on Blu-ray
High-def digest - Close encounters Blu-ray Re-release
Los Angeles Times - Spielberg talks about Tintin
Los Angeles Times - Spielberg directs a horse
New York Times - Spielberg reworks contract
New York Times - Spielberg and his invisible friend
People - Spielberg is going to win a Globe
Philly.com - Spielberg wins again
PR Newswire - Steven and Disney
Press Association - Spielberg to present Golden Globes
Scenh film - Liam Neeson quits Lincoln
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Slashfilm - Will Lincoln finally be filmed?
Slashfilm - Walking with dinosaurs
The big money - Spielberg’s financial problems
The Independent - Spielberg vs University
Total Film - Spielberg won't change his films
Total Film - Spielberg chooses Jared Harris
USA Today - Spielberg to direct Robopocalypse
Variety - Pirate Spielberg
Variety - Spielberg and Will Smith
Variety - Steven and Tintin
Variety - Steven and Stephen team
Variety - Musical Spielberg
Variety - Spielberg abandons Harvey