Person of the Week 4/27: Stephen Speilberg

Stephen Speilberg was born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, OH and still is alive today. He always had a passion for filmmaking, since he was a kid and was even the youngest person to be a television director at Universal in the 1960s. Throughout the years he made many award-winning movies such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial which won for Best Picture, and The Color Purple which also won for Best Picture.

Early Life and Career

From Cincinnati, Stephen moved a lot throughout his childhood. He spent most of it in Arizona. He always had a passion for film and worked at Universal at a young age. In 1972, he made a television film called Duel that brought him many opportunities to direct for cinema.

Movies Made and Awards

All of Speilberg’s movies are :

• The Sugarland Express
• Empire of the Sun
• The BFG
• Munich
• Amistad
• Bridge of Spies
• The Post
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Always
• War Horse
• The Terminal
• 1941
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Schindler’s List
• Minority Report”
• Lincoln
• Hook
• War of the Worlds
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Jurassic Park
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
• Jaws

One of his best films was Jaws which won for Best Original Music Score, People’s Choice Award for Favorite Movie, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Golden Globe for Best Original Score, and a BAFTA award for Best Original Music.

Works Cited

Biography.com, Editors. “Steven Spielberg.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 13 Dec. 2019, www.biography.com/filmmaker/steven-spielberg.