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- 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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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)
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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Steven Spielberg Questions
how would you go about contacting mr spielberg abotu a movie idea? bearing in mind he probably gets hundreds a month! 4 AnswersHey @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,... read more
What current movie is directed by Steven Spielberg? 3 AnswersDirecting these upcoming films. Interstellar (2011) (announced) Lincoln (2011) (pre-production) Old Boy (2010) (pre-production) The Adventures of Tintin... read more
Are Drew Barrymore and Steven Spielberg planning an ET sequel? 1 AnswerWhen 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 more
Open Thread: Steven Tyler Dead rumor 5 AnswersHe'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. H... 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
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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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As of May 2008 13% of the 100 top-grossing films of all time were made by either Steven Spielberg or George Lucas.-The Week Magazine, 5/2/08
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