Director steven spielberg biography summary

In the latter half of the s, he also directed Empire of the Sun , a mixed success for the occasionally erratic Spielberg. Success would not escape him for long, though. The late s found Spielberg's projects at the center of pop-culture yet again. All three of the films were box-office and critical successes. Also, in , he produced the little known comedy-drama Dad , with Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson , which got mostly mixed results.

Spielberg has also had an affinity for animation and has been a strong voice in animation in the s. A Dinosaur's Story , Casper the live action version as well as the live-action version of The Flintstones , where he was credited as "Steven Spielrock". Spielberg was very active in the early s, as he directed Hook and produced such films as the cute fantasy Joe Versus the Volcano and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West While these movies were big successes in their own right, they did not quite bring in the kind of box office or critical acclaim as previous efforts.

In , Spielberg directed Jurassic Park , which for a short time held the record as the highest grossing movie of all time, but did not have the universal appeal of his previous efforts. Big box-office spectacles were not his only concern, though. He produced and directed Schindler's List , a stirring film about the Holocaust. He won best director at the Oscars, and also got Best Picture.

Spielberg is the most commercially successful director of all time. He has won numerous awards besides his three Academy Awards. He received the Irving G. Series creator George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg had always intended to make a trilogy if - and only if - the first two films were A spectacular car chase happens after the couple steals a police cruiser.

Director steven spielberg biography summary

The film was a critical success but a commercial failure. Nonetheless, it led to the breakthrough film of Spielberg's career, the spectacularly successful Jaws The film was as popular with critics as with the public. Spielberg was now in a position to do whatever he wanted. He embarked on a film whose subject had obsessed him since his childhood.

Science fiction and beyond Close Encounters of the Third Kind was perhaps Spielberg's most personal film. It dealt with the heroic efforts of average middle-class Americans to make contact with visitors from another planet. For all of its staggering special effects, its power derived from its exploration of what people will do when they find that they have the opportunity to make their dreams come true.

The "Indiana Jones" trilogy — , E. The "Indiana Jones" pictures mixed a loving affection for old-time movie serials with a contemporary sensibility. However, the high level of gore and violence in the second installment of the series, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , led to the creation of a new rating code, "PG," which cautions parents to the presence of violence, language, and nudity—but at a level or an intensity that is lower than that found in an R-Rated movie.

Another film, The Color Purple , received mixed response. Spielberg was accused of patronizing treating in a lowly manner; looking down upon African Americans and prettifying rural Southern poverty. Others praised the movie; in fact, it received multiple awards and award nominations. Spielberg was a great favorite among his fellow directors, such as George Lucas — and John Landis —.

He stood by the latter when he was implicated in the deaths of three cast members of Twilight Zone: The Movie, a film which Spielberg also worked on. In Spielberg directed a big-budget movie about Peter Pan called Hook. As Spielberg continued to direct and produce he grew more and more powerful. He was able to make any film that he wanted and seemed totally uninterested in pleasing the public or the critics.

Continued success Spielberg's mega-hit Jurassic Park was the subject of one of the longest and most intensive pre-release publicity campaigns in film history. Inspired by his father's military past Arnold had served as a radio man on B bombers Steven - who developed his passion for filmmaking at a very young age - shot his first WWII film before the age of After an inspiring trip to Los Angeles, he returned home and finished his first feature-length film, Firelight, in His dad rented out the local cinema for one night to screen the film, with Steven's sisters selling refreshments.

After suffering two rejections from the University of Southern California's film department, Steven enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, but left before finishing his degree in order to pursue a filmmaking career.