Makenzy Steven Spielberg is one of Hollywood's best known directors and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He wrote and directed movies such as Schindler's List, The Color Purple, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Saving Private Ryan. He co-founded DreamWorks SKG IN 1994. Being an amateur filmmaker as a child he moved quite often but spent part of his life living in Arizona. He became one of the youngest TV directors for Universal in the late 1960s. The movie “Duel” brought him the opportunity to direct for the cinema. Jaws 1975 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 ET 1982 The Color Purple 1985 Empire of the Sun 1987 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Hook 1991 Jurassic Park 1993 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 And many more In 1994 Spielberg along with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen formed a new studio called DreamWorks SKG. It was later bought by Paramount Pictures in 2005. 3 Academy Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award French Region of Honor Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005 Married Twice First wife was Amy Irving (still married) Second wife was Kate Capshaw Has one son with his first wife Has two step-children and five children with his second wife California State College in Long Beach, California He majored in Literature. He graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree Saratoga High School Roboapocalypse 2014 American Sniper 2013 He was never paid for his work on Schneider's List. He was rejected twice for the James Bond franchise. He cast his own dog in several movies. He has 7 kids total. He was a college dropout. His first full length movie only made a profit of one dollar. He suggested the PG-13 movie rating. He suffers from dyslexia. He is worth 3.1 billion dollars His annual salary is 150 million dollars All of us every single year, we’re a different person. I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives. People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning He is 5’ 7.5” His birth name is Steven Allan Spielberg His birthday is December 18, 1946 Los Angeles, California Arizona He moved a lot as a child Over all Steven Spielberg is an amazing entrepreneur. He turned his backyard film operation into a multibillion dollar organization. http://www.biography .com/people/stevenspielberg-9490621 http://movies.nytimes .com/person/112325/ StevenSpielberg/biography http://www.imdb.com /name/nm0000229/