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'''Steven Allan Spielberg''' (b. 18 December 1946 Cincinnati, Ohio), [[film]] writer, [[producer]], and [[director]], has enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers in [[Hollywood]] history. He is the only director to have achieved the highest grossing film of all time in three different decades – ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975), ''[[E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982), and ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' (1993), a remarkable feat. The films he has directed have collectively grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide, generating for Spielberg a personal fortune estimated by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine at $3 billion. In 2007 he was Number 287 on the ''Forbes'' List of World Billionaires.


'''Steven Allan Spielberg''' (b. 18 December 1946 Cincinnati, Ohio), film writer, producer, and director, has enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers in Hollywood history. He is the only director to have achieved the highest grossing film of all time in three different decades – ''Jaws'' (1975), ''E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), and ''Jurassic Park'' (1993), a remarkable feat. The films he has directed have collectively grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide, generating for Spielberg a personal fortune estimated by ''Forbes'' magazine at $3 billion. In 2007 he was Number 287 on the ''Forbes'' List of World Billionaires. He is the winner of three Academy Awards: Best Film (Producer, ''Schindler’s List'', 1993), Director (''Schindler’s List''), and Director (''Saving Private Ryan'', 1998). Stanley Kubrick, widely hailed as one of the greatest of world filmmakers, personally chose Spielberg to film Kubrick’s long-gestating project, ''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'' (2001). Spielberg is still highly active in the cinema, and is presently at work on the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series for executive producer George Lucas, one of Spielberg’s oldest friends in Hollywood. “He is arguably the most influential popular artist of the twentieth century,” said Michael Crichton, “and arguably the least understood.” Describing himself, Spielberg has said, “I dream for a living.”
He is the winner of three [[Academy Award]]s: Best Film (Producer, ''[[Schindler's List]]'', 1993), Director (''Schindler's List''), and Director (''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', 1998). [[Stanley Kubrick]], widely hailed as one of the greatest of world filmmakers, personally chose Spielberg to film Kubrick's long-gestating project, ''[[A.I.: Artificial Intelligence]]'' (2001).  


 
Spielberg is still highly active in the cinema, and is presently at work on the fourth installment in the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' series for executive producer [[George Lucas]], one of Spielberg’s oldest friends in Hollywood. “He is arguably the most influential popular artist of the twentieth century,” said [[Michael Crichton]], “and arguably the least understood.” Describing himself, Spielberg has said, “I dream for a living.”
==Filmography==
 
 
'''As director'''
 
 
''Duel'' (1971) (TV movie, released theatrically internationally)
 
''The Sugarland Express'' (1974)
 
''Jaws'' (1975)
 
''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977)
 
''1941'' (1979)
 
''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981)
 
''E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982)
 
''Twilight Zone: the Movie'' (1983) (second segment)
 
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984)
 
''The Color Purple'' (1985)
 
''Empire of the Sun'' (1987)
 
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989)
 
''Always'' (1989)
 
''Hook'' (1991)
 
''Jurassic Park'' (1993)
 
''Schindler's List'' (1993)
 
''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997)
 
''Amistad'' (1997)
 
''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998)
 
''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'' (2001)
 
''Minority Report'' (2002)
 
''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002)
 
''The Terminal'' (2004)
 
''War of the Worlds'' (2005)
 
''Munich'' (2005)
 
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008) (in production)
 
 
==Bibliography==
 
Biskind, Peter. ''Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: how the sex-drugs-and-rock-’n’-roll generation saved Hollywood'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998).
 
Friedman, Lester D. and Brent Notbohm. (eds.) ''Steven Spielberg : interviews'' (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000).
 
McBride, Joseph. ''Steven Spielberg: a biography'' (New York: Da Capo Press, 1999).
 
Silet, Charles L.P. ''The films of Steven Spielberg : critical essays'' (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002).
 
Taylor, Philip M. ''Steven Spielberg : the man, his movies, and their meaning'' (New York: Continuum, 1992).
 
 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://imdb.com/name/nm0000229/ Steven Spielberg on imdb.com]
*[http://www.spielbergfilms.com/ Spielbergfilms.com, fansite endorsed by Spielberg]
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/spielberg.html  Steven Spielberg: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library]

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Steven Allan Spielberg (b. 18 December 1946 Cincinnati, Ohio), film writer, producer, and director, has enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers in Hollywood history. He is the only director to have achieved the highest grossing film of all time in three different decades – Jaws (1975), E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), a remarkable feat. The films he has directed have collectively grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide, generating for Spielberg a personal fortune estimated by Forbes magazine at $3 billion. In 2007 he was Number 287 on the Forbes List of World Billionaires.

He is the winner of three Academy Awards: Best Film (Producer, Schindler's List, 1993), Director (Schindler's List), and Director (Saving Private Ryan, 1998). Stanley Kubrick, widely hailed as one of the greatest of world filmmakers, personally chose Spielberg to film Kubrick's long-gestating project, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001).

Spielberg is still highly active in the cinema, and is presently at work on the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series for executive producer George Lucas, one of Spielberg’s oldest friends in Hollywood. “He is arguably the most influential popular artist of the twentieth century,” said Michael Crichton, “and arguably the least understood.” Describing himself, Spielberg has said, “I dream for a living.”

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