Steven spielberg

Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career spanning six decades, Spielberg's films havecovered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing suchissues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.[2]
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director forSchindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films - Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993) - achieved box office records, each becoming thehighest-grossing film made at the time. To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide. Forbes puts Spielberg's wealth at $3.0 billion. Spielberg was madean officer of the French Legion of Honor by President Sarkozy in May 21, 2008. He is in current production of his new 2011 horror film Hellhound.
Career

[edit] Early career (1968–1975)
His firstprofessional TV job came when he was hired to do one of the segments for the 1969 pilot episode of Night Gallery. The segment, "Eyes," starred Joan Crawford, and she and Spielberg were reportedlyclose friends until her death. The episode is unusual in his body of work, in that the camerawork is more highly stylized than his later, more "mature" films. After this, and an episode of Marcus Welby,M.D., Spielberg got his first feature-length assignment: an episode of The Name of the Game called "L.A. 2017". This futuristic science fiction episode impressed Universal Studios and they signed himto a short contract. He did another segment on Night Gallery and did some work for shows such as Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and The Psychiatrist before landing the first series episode of...