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Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker, born December 18, 1946. One of the most well known and respected filmmakers of recent times, Steven Spielberg has directed a number of highly regarded movies in the science fiction genre, as well as a number of nongenre films that have earned him considerable critical acclaim over the years.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended Long Beach University, but later dropped out to work in the entertainment industry. His first directoral effort was in 1959 with the movie The Last Gun. On television, he directed one of the three stories in the pilot-movie for "Night Gallery," then directed a TV-movie "Duel," which was later expanded and released theatrically. He then directed a number of films before shooting one of his best-known movies in 1975, Jaws, which has been credited as one of the first blockbusters. His next movie was Close Encounters of the Third Kind, dealing with extraterrestrial contact and government coverups. From 1975 on, he directed a string of hit movies, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds, and Munich. He would later return briefly to television for the two-season series "Amazing Stories," later re-released as six TV-movies.

Film Style

Spielberg has been known to include subtle references to his personal life in his movies. One of the most prominent of these themes is a strained father-son relationship, which crops up in Indiana Jones, E.T., Jurassic Park, A.I., Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, and The War of the Worlds.

Another common trademark of Spielberg's is the use of ordinary characters who are thrown into extraordinary situations.

Connections

• Spouse of Kate Capshaw

External Links

• Amazing Stories page at Scifans.com
• Duel movie page at Scifans.com
• Jaws movie page at Scifans.com
• Jurassic Park movies page at Scifans.com
• Indiana Jones movies page at Scifans.com

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