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Stephen Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1946. -
Stephen Spielberg moved around a lot as kid but he mostly grew up up in Arizona. He was also an amateur film maker in his youth. -
In the 1960s Stephen Spielberg became one of the youngest television directors at Universal. -
Duel caused him to begin his successful career. -
Jaws grossed a record breaking $260 million at the box office which caused Stephen Spielberg to become a household name. -
Close Encounters of the Third Kind grossed $288 million worldwide. -
E.T. surpassed Starwars to become the highest grossing film of all time in 1983. It made $619 million worldwide. -
The first Indiana Jones movie was released. -
Amblin Entertainment was Stephen Spielbergs first film company. It was founded in 1982. It produced movies like Back to the Future 1-3 and Who Framed Roger Rabbit -
Empire of the Sun was also a literary adaption. -
This was the sequel to the first Indianna Jones Movie. -
Stephen Spielberg made a literary adaption of the Color Purple. The Color Purple grossed $94,175,854 in 1985. -
Back to the Future starred Michael J. Fox and it grossed $389,053,797 worldwide. -
Stephen Spielberg got married to Amy Irving in 1985. The divorced later in 1989. -
Stephen Spielberg recievd the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. -
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The movie Hook was inspire by Peter Pan. It starred Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, and Julia Roberts. -
Stephen Spielberg and Kate Capshaw got married in 1991. They has five children and he has two stepchildren with current wife Kate Capshaw. -
The Schindler's List is a Holocaust drama released in 1993. It grossed $322,197,130 worldwide. The Schindler's List won 7 Academy awards. -
Stephen Spielberg won his first Academy Award for best director for The Schindler's List. -
The first Jurassic Park movie was released in 1993. It grossed over $900 million worldwide. -
Formed new studio called Dreamworks SKG with Jeffery Katzenberg and David Geffen. -
This was the sequel to the first film. It grossed $618,638,999 worldwide. -
Stephen Spielberg won another Academy Award for best director for Saving Private Ryan. -
Stephen Spielberg completed AI: Artificial Intelligence that was originally begun by Stanley Kubrick. -
Catch Me If You Can also starred Tom Hank as well as Leonardo Dicaprio. -
Minority Report starring Tom Cruise grossed $358 million worldwide. -
Also a movie starring Tom Hanks. It grossed $218,673,959 worldwide. -
Stephen Spielberg received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award and the French Legion of Honor. -
In 2005 Paramount Pictures bought dreamworks. -
Stephen Spielberg was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
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Munich grossed $131 million worldwide. It was also nominated for an Academy Award. -
Stephen Spielberg also produced Letters from Iwo Jima a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. -
Stephen Spielberg produced Flags of Our Fathers a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. -
Stephen Spielberg worked with George Lucas on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. -
The Adventures of Tintin is based on a comic series called Hergé. -
War Horse received six Academy Award Nominations. -
Stephen Spielberg directed this biopic of Abraham Lincoln. It starred Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones. It was nominated for 12 oscars and received 2. -
Stephen Spielberg was the executive producer for Jurassic World. It grossed a record breaking $1.671 billion worldwide. -
Bridge of Spies starring Tom Hanks was nominated for an Oscar. -
Stephen Spielberg was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. -
The Post starred Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Stephen Spielberg got a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. -
Stephen Spielberg donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives demonstrations. -
Ready Player One is based on a book by Ernest Cline. Ready Player One grossed $500 million worldwide within three weeks of its release. A total of $582.9 million worldwide at the end of its run.