Full name: Steven Allan Spielberg

Birthday: December 18, 1946

Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography: The most commercially successful filmmaker in Hollywood history, Steven Spielberg was born December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks movie studio. Marriages and children From 1985 to 1989 Spielberg was married to actress Amy Irving. In their 1989 divorce settlement, she received $100 million from Spielberg after a judge controversially vacated a prenuptial agreement written on a napkin. Spielberg subsequently developed a relationship with actress Kate Capshaw, whom he met when he cast her in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. They married on October 12, 1991. Capshaw is a convert to Judaism. There are seven children in the Spielberg-Capshaw family: Jessica Capshaw (born August 9, 1976) – daughter from Kate Capshaw's previous marriage to Robert Capshaw; Max Samuel Spielberg (born June 13, 1985) – son from Spielberg's previous marriage to actress Amy Irving; Theo Spielberg (born 1988) – son adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg, who later also adopted him; Sasha Rebecca Spielberg (born May 14, 1990, Los Angeles); Sawyer Avery Spielberg (born March 10, 1992, Los Angeles) ; Mikaela George (born February 28, 1996) – adopted with Kate Capshaw; Destry Allyn Spielberg (born December 1, 1996). Spielberg's most important contribution to modern movies: There was an enormous audience to be created if old-style B-movie stories were made with A-level craftsmanship and enhanced with the latest developments in special effects. In Spielberg, the light source conceals mystery, where for many other directors it is darkness that conceals mystery. The difference is that for Spielberg, mystery offers promise instead of threat.

31 мая 2012 г.

Anecdotes

Spielberg: Jaws Joker
One day during the production of Jaws, Steven Spielberg invited fellow directors Martin Scorsese, John Milius, and George Lucas to the set intent on showing off the massive mechanical shark (nicknamed "Bruce") which served as the classic film's main prop. When Spielberg's guests arrived at last, he took the controls and opened Bruce's mouth. George Lucas impulsively poked his head inside, whereupon Spielberg jokingly shut its jaws... and couldn't get them to open again! 


Steven Spielberg: Drink to the Future
Steven Spielberg did not always see eye to eye with his father, an emotionally distant man from whom Steven was ewastedd for 15 years following his parents' divorce. One day, Arnold (an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers) brought a tiny transistor home and showed it to Steven, declaring that it represented "the future." Steven's response? He took it, put it in his mouth, and washed it down with a glass of milk.

California Christmas
One day at the height of California's energy crisis, governor Gray Davis told director Steven Spielberg that the electricity crunch necessitated pulling the plug on the state's Christmas tree. Spielberg courteously offered a suggestion: California should light a state menorah.

Steven Spielberg: Spielberg Method
During the production of Saving Private Ryan (2002), Steven Spielberg insisted that, with one notable exception, each of the principal actors undergo several days of grueling physical training in a simulated army boot camp. The exception? Matt Damon, who was spared so that the other actors would resent him, and would convey that resentment in their performances.

Romantic Moment
While visiting Paris one year, Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving walked hand in hand through the rain toward Claude Monet's home in the Paris suburb of Giverny. "Just as we arrived," Irving recalled, "the rain stopped, so we were able to walk around the gardens. When we walked inside, it started pouring again. Then, during lunch, a double rainbow appeared outside our window. It was very magical, and then I threw up. That was the first time I realized I was with child."

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