Maestro - Steven Spielberg

Introduction

Steven Allan Spielberg (Cincinnati, December 18 of 1946) is a director, writer and producer of film U.S. It is one of the most recognizable and popular directors of the global film industry. He has been nominated six times for an Academy Award in the category of Best Director, winning the award twice, with Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) and three of his films (Jaws, 1975, ET: the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 and Jurassic Park, 1993) achieved record box office, becoming the highest-grossing film at the time. He was also awarded the Order of the British Empire and National Humanities Medal .Big fan of comics, has a large collection, which includes the number 1 of the mad magazine (WEBCINE, 2012).

In the entertainment world, is known as “The King Midas of Hollywood ". According to the magazine Forbes Spielberg's fortune exceeds 3 billion U.S. dollars. Vanity Fair published a list of the Top 40 Hollywood celebrities with more income throughout 2010. Spielberg was ranked No. 3 on the list, earned an estimated $ 80 million (Steven, Pp 1-12).

Early years

Stephen Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio , to a Jewish family. His mother, Leah Adler was a pianist and restorative and father Arnold Spielberg an electrical engineer who participated in the development of computers. He spent his childhood in Haddon Heights, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona . During his teens, Spielberg made amateur to make 8mm movies with friends, the first film he shot at the Pinnacle Peak Patio restaurant in Scottsdale, the film was included in the staging of the wreckage of a train accident with his maquette prepared Lionel, LLC (McBride, Pp. 37).

After his parents got divorced, Stephen Speilberg moved with his father to Saratoga , California , while his three sisters and mother remained in Arizona. He attended Arcadia High School in Phoenix, Arizona for three years and graduated from Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California in 1965. It was during this time Spielberg attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

The Arrival of Success

After being hired by the producer of the television division Universal, (which according to legend, came after being caught one night while hanging around the sets of studies), began directing episodes of series such as Marcus Welby, MD (1969 -1976) and Columbo(1971-2003), but the unexpected success of the film version of his telefilm Duel (Duel, 1972) opened the doors of the big screen (Nigel, Pp. 9-15).

We can see that, As lovers of old adventure movies of the '20s and '30s in Hollywood, Spielberg Lucas proposed to write a story with a protagonist archaeologist adventurer. The director accepted the challenge, and between all actors chose Harrison Ford, who had delighted in his role as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. For the same reason Lucas refused at first, but eventually got the role the actor, who urged him to the pinnacle of his career by playing the Dr. Indiana Jones . Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) was fraught with problems, but became one of the biggest hits of the decade, revitalizing forgotten adventure genre (McBride, Pp. 37).

While shooting the film, Spielberg decided to revisit the issue that most fascinated him, space and its inhabitants. And that is why after finishing the adventure of Dr. Jones, she turned immediately to her, for many, a masterpiece. In 1982 , ET the Extra-Terrestrial became the highest grossing film of all time, surpassing Star Wars (1977), and whose reign continued until in 1997 the displaced Titanic .Showing one of the ...