Steven Spielberg
American Filmmaker
Date of birth: 18 December 1946
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Spielberg attended the Long Beach University.
Biography
1957 Steven Spielberg worked as assistant editor on Wagon Train.
1961 He directed his first film: Battle Squad abd Escape to Nowhere, both were films about the World Wars.
1968 Spielberg directed the film Amblin. Amblin became also the name of his production company.
1982 Spielberg became famous worldwide thanks to his must successful film: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, with Drew Barrymore. He also directed Poltergeist.
1984 He directed Indiana Jones and the Temple Doo and produced Gremlins.
1988 Steven Spielberg produced the landmark animation film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the first of it’s
1993 He directed and produced the controversial film “The Schindler’s List”
1995 One of Spielberg’s most important animation series for television was aired: “Pinky and the Brain”, the story of two charming mice that try to conquer the world.
1998 His film Saving Private Ryan was nominated as best picture in the Academy Awards.
2001 He produced “Shrek”
2002 Together with actor Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg worked in Minority Report.
2004 Spielberg graduated from Long Beach State Universit with a degree in filmmaking.
2013 Steven Spielberg, Jury President of the 66th Festival de Cannes.
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