Steven Allan Spielberg

Background• Born 1946 in

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Won first award at 13 for 40min film, Escape to Nowhere

• First feature length film was Firelight, shown at local cinema, age 16

• Parents divorced, moved to Saratoga, California

• Graduated Saratoga High School, 1965

• Dropped out of California State University to sign contract with Universal Studios

Key facts

•3•7•188•100 million•150 million• 3.1 billion

Spielberg’s work

Jaws

Indiana Jones

Saving Private Ryan