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Steven Spielberg is a highly successful and influential movie director, writer and producer. He is the highest-grossing director of all time, as his movies have collectively pulled in approximately $8 billion at the box office. He has been nominated for six Best Director Oscars, while seven of his movies have been nominated for Best Picture. In 2009 Spielberg was awarded the Cecil B. Demille Award for lifetime achievement by the Hollywood Foreign Press on the Golden Globes.
According to the New York Daily News, Spielberg's charity Wunderkids had invested about 70% of its capital with Bernard Madoff, the fund investor who revealed in early December 2008 that his fund was a complete fraud.New York Daily News: Daily News Owner Mort Zuckerman Madoff Victim (December 15, 2008)
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Fast Facts
- Born: December 18, 1946
- Academy Awards: 3
- Estimated net worth: $3 billion
- Co-founder of movie studio DreamWorks SKG
- Often collaborates with George Lucas
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Awards
Of all these nominations, Spielberg has won two Best Director Oscars for Schindler's List in 1993 and Saving Private Ryan in 1998. He also won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1987 for his body of work as a producer. -
King of the Blockbuster
Spielberg directed the first official "blockbuster" film, Jaws in 1975. From there, he went on to make some of the biggest and most memorable films in cinema history, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, E.T. in 1982, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1987, and Jurassic Park in 1993. -
Another Indy
In 2008, Spielberg directed the much-anticipated fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. -
Dealing DreamWorks
Spielberg co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in 1994; the company was sold to Paramount Pictures in 2006. -
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@987MisterYoung Heard tt Steven Spielberg threw the tape in a black trash bag cos stuff happened to him when he was watching it at home
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"Michael Jackson is one of the last living Innocents." -Steven Spielberg.
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RT @successsecret: "I do not dream at night, I dream all day, I dream for a living" Steven Spielberg
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DESTINOS: Dientotes: Steven Spielberg lo llevó a las pantallas cinematográficas en 1975, desde entonce.. http://bit.ly/Rr5oM
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"Scary Movies and dinosaurs meet Uncle Pe-Pe" will be posted on blog tomorrow. Thank you Steven Spielberg.
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View All Steven Spielberg Questions (44) | Ask a Questionhow would you go about contacting mr spielberg abotu a movie idea? bearing in mind he probably gets hundreds a month! (4 Answers)Hey @pocketarnie - Have you ever taken this great movie outline and worked on making a screenplay with it? If you're not concerned about your idea being taken, changed and ... read moreWhat current movie is directed by Steven Spielberg? (3 Answers)Directing these upcoming films. Interstellar (2011) (announced) Lincoln (2011) (pre-production) Old Boy (2010) (pre-production) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) (post-production) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/ In the past couple ... read moreAre Drew Barrymore and Steven Spielberg planning an ET sequel? (1 Answer)When asked by Eva Mendes whether he would ever make E.T. II Spielberg responded "I'm never going to make E.T. II - E.T. is a closed story." read moreOpen Thread: Steven Tyler Dead rumor (5 Answers)He's not dead, according to gather.com. Dunno if that's a reliable source.. Here's their message: NO. He is not dead. The world of Rock'n'Roll can rest easy. He didn't walk ... read more
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Steven Spielberg Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- December 18, 1946: Born
- 1971: Duel
- 1975: Jaws
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- 1985: The Color Purple
- 1985: Marries Amy Irving
- 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1989: Divorces Irving
- 1991: Marries Kate Capshaw
- 1993: Jurassic Park
- 1994: Wins First Academy Award for Schindler's List
- 1994: Co-founds DreamWorks SKG with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen
- 1999: Wins Second Academy Award for Saving Private Ryan
- 2001: Band of Brothers
- 2002: Catch Me If You Can
- 2005: War of the Worlds
- 2005: Munich
- 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull



