Steven Speilberg
"Jaws" (1975) made Spielberg famous and the sequels continued to put him in the position of one of the most popular directors in America. "Jaws" also holds the record for the highest grossing film of all time. In my eyes, I believe that shows you a little something about the movie - it had to be good! "Jaws" was Spielberg's big jump into the movie business. Several other movies increased his fame and fortune in the movie industry, such as the "Indiana Jones" Trilogy (1981, 1984 & 1989), "E.T.: The ExtraTerresterial" (1982), Poltergeist (1982), and "Back to the Future" (1985). Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, but now resides in California. He attended college at California State University of Long Beach. Unlike George Lucas, John Carpenter and other successful young American filmmakers of the last two decades, Spielberg did not attend one of the major American university film programs. Largely self taught, he made his first feature, a two-hour science fiction movie entitled "Firelight", at the age of sixteen, and a local movie house in Phoenix, Arizona agreed to run it for one evening. He also made three television movies, one of which, "Duel" (1971), was released theatr
It is said that Spielberg's films tend to fall into two categories: light entertainment and serious works. Most people remember his light entertainment movies because of the excitement and large audiences they appeal to. His serious works were just as successful, "Sugarland Express" (1974), "The Color Purple" (1985) and "Empire of the Sun" (1987). Some critics condemned "The Color Purple" for whitewashing Walker's novel. No Hollywood drama since then has featured a largely black, female and unknown cast. It surprised the industry by grossing over $100 million and made stars of the writer, Walker - and Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. The fact that Spielberg co-produced and co-wrote1 but did not direct the movie "Poltergeist" (1982) was significant because it presented the dark underside of suburbia that he only hints at in his own films as director. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rand name. Like Welles, he was celebrated and penalized for precocity; like Hitchcock, he has been alternately praised and damned as a master of emotional manipulation; an like Griffith, Chaplin, Borzage and Capra, he has been criticized for his shameless sentimentality. Spielberg's most important predecessor is actually Walt Disney. One thing that Spielberg is known for doing is he set a landmark for special effects, both in the visual and aural aspects. However, this filmmaker is no techie nor does he display any serious intellectual interest in science fiction. "Hook" (19981) was his long awaited return to fantasy. This was an updated version of "Peter Pan", it showed Spielberg's increased concern with the responsibility of parenting and preparing for death. Budget at over $60 million, the film got mixed reviews and did OK in the box office, but failed to make much money for the studio. ically in Europe where it earned both critical
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