At that time, the young man only decided to link his life with the cinema and soon entered the film department of the University of California. By the way, Stephen's biography says that at school he was not at all the best student and not an excellent student. But the talent for the correct vision of the frame helped him and the guy began to learn his favorite business. His biography as a director begins in 1964. It was then that Stephen filmed his first film, which was called "The Light of the Flame". It was a fantastic tape, shot on a sixteen-millimeter film, which lasted more than two and a half hours. For this picture, Spielberg received his first profit as a director - a hundred dollars.
When Steven was nineteen years old, his parents divorced. The guy stayed with his mother and sisters. This divorce affected the guy, because, that is why, in many of his films, there is a line that tells about the break and recovery of the family.
The second picture of Spielberg's "Pacing", which was a short film, was noticed at Univarsal's studio and after that Spielberg was offered a job on television. But only to shoot soap operas for Spielberg was equal to hell.
Success to Spielberg came quite unexpectedly. He himself did not even think that the television film "Duel" would become so cultic for the audience and would be talked about as a director. This television film was even awarded a prize at the festival in Avoriaz, where fantastic films competed with each other. "Sugarland Express" was another breakthrough in the directorial career of the young Spielberg. In the main role of this picture starred Goldie Hope, and the film was marked at the Cannes festival. Spielberg was even compared with the unaffordable director from France François Truffaut.
And then the first blockbuster came out on the screens, which collected at the box office two hundred and sixty million dollars. It was the film "Jaws". It was after him that it became clear to everyone that it was Spielberg who was one of the best directors of Hollywood. Each of his films became the highlight of the year, and the audience eagerly awaited the next masterpiece on the screen. It was then that the films "Alien", "Close contacts of the third degree", a trilogy about Indiana Jones appeared.
A little more time passed, and Spielberg decided that he needed to expand his field of activity. Therefore, the director decided to try himself as a producer. Thanks to his sensitive leadership and ability to see potential stars, such talented and well-known directors as Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Joe Dante, Bob Gale, Barry Levinson, Kevin Reynolds, Don Blatt and others have opened their world. Spielberg was the producer of such hits, popular today, such as the trilogy "Back to the Future", "American tail", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
In 1984, Spielberg organizes his own studio, and calls it in honor of the short film, thanks to which he got a job on television. In the early nineties, Steven decides that it's time to shoot pictures not only for wide screens, but for television. Therefore, he produces many television series and television films. Spielberg is the producer of such well-known animated series and series, as "The Adventure of toonts", "SiKvest", "First Aid".
If we talk about Spielberg's personal life, then in 1989 he broke up with the woman, who married the first time-Emi Irving. The fact is that this woman appreciated the money of a talented director more than his own. But, but Spielberg was lucky with his second wife, actress Keith Capshaw. With it, he met while filming the movie "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and when the marriage with his first wife broke up, he realized that it was this woman he needed. Steven Spielberg has seven children. By the way, his eldest son, Max Spielberg is already beginning to try himself in the directorial field, but, so far, only his closest relatives and friends saw his films.
In 1993, Steven Spielberg was awarded an Oscar for the first time in his life. The film nominated for the award was Schindler's List. In addition to "Oscar" for directing work, the film also received the highest award in such categories as film editing, the soundtrack and the work of the cameraman. . This film narrated about the hard fate of Jews during the Second World War. It turned out that most Americans do not know about the Holocaust and the plot of the film just shook them.
In 1998, Spielberg took another picture of the war, which opened to the audience the joys and horrors of the lives of soldiers. This film was the picture "Saving Private Ryan".
In 1994, the Dream Drinks studio was created, which was founded by Spielberg, former Disney director Jeffrey Katzenberg and music producer David Geffen. Among the film production of this studio was a lot of blockbusters and sensational cartoons. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Spielberg was shooting a lot of three-dimensional cartoons and the audience was already beginning to think about whether the director had lost his old skill. But, today it can be noted that Spielberg's films are gaining popularity and he is once again considered the best director of Hollywood.