STEVEN SPIELBERG 1947 MOVIE DIRECTOR SPIELBERG STEVEN 1947 ARTS AMERICAN CULTURE STEVEN SPIELBERG WAS BORN IN CINCINNATI OHIO HE BEGAN MAKING MOVIES AT AGE 12 AND WON HIS FIRST FILM CONTEST AT AGE 13 HE GRADUATED FROM CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE AT LONG BEACH IN 1970 SPIELBERG WORKED FIRST AS A DIRECTOR FOR TELEVISION SHOWS BUT SUCCESS CAME WITH THEATRICAL MOVIES IN 1975 HE DIRECTED THE MOVIE JAWS WHICH BROKE MANY MOVIE RECORDS FOR ATTENDANCE AND MONEY EARNED SPIELBERG FOLLOWED THAT SUCCESS WITH CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND IN 1977 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK IN 1981 AND E.T IN 1982 IN 1985 HE DIRECTED THE COLOR PURPLE IN 1993 SPIELBERG'S MOVIE JURASSIC PARK BECAME THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE TO DATE THAT SAME YEAR SCHINDLER'S LIST WHICH PORTRAYED THE HOLOCAUST WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE AND SPIELBERG WON FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN 1994 WITH PARTNERS JEFFREY KATZENBERG AND DAVID GEFFEN SPIELBERG CREATED A FILM AND TELEVISION COMPANY CALLED DREAMWORKS SKG HE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND DIRECT MOVIES
