Steven Spielberg Biography

Films of director Stephen Spielberg on our website Stephen Allan Spielberg was born in a Jewish family on December 18. Its city was a provincial Cincinnati in Ohio. Father Arnold worked as an engineer and specialized on computers, Leia's mother was a concert pianist. Four children grew in the Spielberg family. Little Stephen spent his childhood surrounded by sisters of Nancy, Sue and Ann, the latter became the actress of cinema.

From an early age, Spielberg was interested in filming, so the parents made his son a gift that influenced his future fate. It was a portable 8-mm camera, with which the future director immediately began to shoot short films. At the age of 12, Spielberg, as a student of the college of California, participated in the youth festival of amateur films. The work “Escape to nowhere”, in which the roles were played by the boy’s relatives, took 1st place.

A few years later, Stephen graduated from work on the film "Fire Light" about the abduction of people by aliens. This tape, financed by the parents of the young talent, was even shown at the local cinema. Spielberg’s cinematic biography was launched. In his youth, Spielberg made two attempts to enter the School of Cinema School at the University of South California.

Both times, Stevens were refused a marked “mediocrity” in the resume. But thoughts about the cinema did not leave the young man. He did not desperate and entered the technical college, during the training in which he shot the minute tape Emblin. It was this film that was noticed by representatives of the Universal film Concontated against. A famous company signed a contract with a guy.

Initially, Spielberg worked on the filming of the series “Psychiatrist”, “Colombo: Stephen Spielberg is in a hurry to help”, and in the year he already created a small Duel film-catastrophe with one actor. Spielberg’s real glory was brought by the horror film “Jaws”, which was released in the year and held the record for cash fees for several years. For filming the picture, a special group created several large mechanical sharks.

This props in the process of work often failed, so Spielberg used a technique invented by Alfred Hitchcock: the layout itself was not used in the scenes of the appearance of the “heroine”, but an alarming music written by John Williams sounded. Along with mechanical samples in the film, real predators were also used - in particular, in an episode with underwater cells.

Since the dimensions of real animals were inferior to the layout, 2 ticks were built: one very small, in which the mannequin was placed, the second larger, in which the stuntman Karl Ritzzo worked with growth, see the tape and won among the other 3 cinemas Oscar.

Later 3 sequels of the legendary film were shot, but already without the participation of Spielberg. In M, an adventure action movie with Harrison Ford appeared in the title role of Indiana Jones: In search of a lost ark. Initially, Spielberg wanted to remove something in the spirit of James Bond, however, when the director shared the idea with George Lucas, he offered a friend another script.

The prototype of the central hero was the German archaeologist Otto RAS and his search for St. Grail. Despite the fact that the creators themselves did not mention this in an interview, in the plot canvas of the film the moments from the biography of the wound are clearly traced. And a year later, Stephen pleased the movieomanians with a new creation - the fantastic drama "Alien".

In the center of the tape is the story of friendship of an alien and Elliot’s Elliot's boy. Young Henry Thomas, who tried for the main role, was supposed to portray the character of the character at the casting. As the boy admitted in an interview, for this he recalled the day when his dog died. The tears were so sincere that Spielberg himself smiled and invited the actor to shoot.

A decade later, the director’s filmography was replenished with the painting “Jurassic Park”, which has become a milestone in the use of computer technology in the cinema. The picture was based on the work of Michael Cruton of the same name, which Spielberg bought the rights to the film adaptation before the publication of the book. James Cameron later told reporters that he also wanted to acquire rights, but did not have time.

For consultations in creating dinosaur models, Paleontologist Jack Horner was invited to the project. And the shooting themselves took place mainly on the Hawaiian archipelago. The seven Oscars, including for the best directing, received a historical drama about the victims of the Holocaust “Schindler's List” with Liam Nison in the title role. Critics also noted the magnificent musical accompaniment of this piercing tape, created by composer John Williams.

Raif Fayns was invited to the role of the central antagonist Amon Get. The real prisoner who participated in the filming, seeing the actor, almost fainted - so he turned out to be like Get. For more compliance with the appearance of his character, the artist recovered 13 kg, and to gain weight, drank beer. In the year, the director returned to the military theme, taking off the picture “Save the ordinary Ryan”, where Tom Hanks played the protagonist.According to some sources, the tape was based on real facts: the rule on the distribution of relatives-military according to different units and the return from the front of the last of them, surviving, was introduced after simultaneous death in the battle of five Sullivan brothers.

Initially, Spielberg wanted to shoot this picture, like the “Schindler list”, in black and white, but changed the solution in favor of the “Silver retention” technology, which makes the color saturation of low. However, after the film released on the screens due to the discontent of the audience, the “pallor” of the frames was returned back. The project consultants were veterans of landing in Normandy, which provided the tape with reliability even in small details.

In the year, the screenwriter graduated from Stanley Kubrick's work on the project “Artificial Mind”. Kubrick planned to shoot this picture much earlier, but he considered that the capabilities of computer animation have not yet allowed to realize the idea. Spielberg began to work already in the year, after the death of the director. For the sake of this project, he even refused the filming of Harry Potter.

In M Steven, he presented the public with a new exciting creation - a fantastic film "War of the Worlds." The tape is based on the novel by Herbert Wells. As before, composer John Williams continued to cooperate with the director, who gave the picture a magnificent soundtrack. When Spielberg shot the first film about Indiana Jones, some accused the creators of the picture of plagiarism.

The director himself could not understand the essence of the claims for a long time until he met comics about Tintin created by the Belgian artist Erge. It turned out that the young hero was “ahead” of Jones, connecting the detective with archeology. In addition to directing, Spielberg actively takes part in numerous projects as an executive producer, screenwriter, as well as an actor, appearing in episodes of his own films.

In the year, he, as a producer, made the promotion of Robert Zemeckis's comedy film “Back to the Future”. Zemeckis did not remain in debt - in the second part of the picture the film “Jaws” was mentioned. According to the plot, the author of the “shark” of the thriller became Max Spielberg, the son of the famous director. In the year, the American became the producer of the Pacific Ocean mini-series.

The film project was based on the memoirs of two marine infantrymen who fought in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. At the time of the release, the picture was the most expensive television series based on the value of each episode. In the year, Spielberg produced 2 projects. This is a fantastic comedy “People in the Black: International”, in which the star cast of Chris Hemsvort, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, as well as the documentary series “Why we Hate” was collected.

In the year, the director continued creative activities. It became known about the work of Spielberg on the music film "WestSaid History". The project is based on the popular Broadway musical of Arthur Laurent, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Personal life in the year Spielberg began to meet with American actress Amy Irving. These relations lasted 3 years, after which the artist went to another man.

A few years later, the couple reunited, their wedding took place in m. In this union, Spielberg appeared, the son Max Samuel appeared. In the year, the couple divorced. For the second time, the director decided to tie himself with ties in the year. Spielberg’s personal life has not undergone changes since then. The director of the director was actress Kate Cepshaw, whom Stephen shot in the 2nd part of the adventure of Indiana Jones.

Close relationships connected Spielberg and capshaw since the middle of x. Seven children grew up in the Spielberg and capshaw family: Kate raised her daughter from a previous marriage to Jessica and the adopted boy Theo, Steven's son also lived with them from his first marriage. In the year, the couple adopted the girl Michael.