Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Spielberg is a three-time Academy Award winner.
As of 2006, Premiere listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry.
Time listed him as one of the 100 Greatest People of the Century.
And at the end of the twentieth century, Life named him the most influential person of his generation.
In a career that spans almost four decades, Spielberg's films have touched many themes and genres.
During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, three of his films, Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park became the highest grossing films for their time.
Steven Spielberg: Born : December 18, 1947, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Educated : California State College (now University), Long Beach (English).
In 1969, Spielberg crafted a twenty-four minute short film entitled Amblin, winning awards at several film festivals.
Spielberg recieved a seven year contract with Universal Studios.
Directed for television programs such as Columbo and Marcus Welby, M.D.
Spielberg's breakthrough film was Jaws (1974).
In 1982, founded the Amblin production studio.
Dreamworks SKG movie studio was founded in 1994.
Spielberg won the 1993 Academy Award for best director.
Since the mid-1980s Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer.
He has produced several cartoons, including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, Freakazoid!, and the Don Bluth animated features, An American Tail and The Land Before Time.
He was also, for a short time, the executive producer of the long-running medical drama ER.
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