And the Oscar goes to..? Steven Spielberg, a Director, a Writer, and a Producer, Spielberg is one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film. He’s worked on over 104 films and they’ve all been BIG hit films, Films like E.T., Gremlins, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Men in Black, Shrek, and Transformers; but those are only a couple of his more popular films he’s worked with. He’s done a lot to be where he’s at today, He came from no-where and nothing to being one of the best and most-well known in the world.
Mr. Steven Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 18, 1946. He was the much-loved first child of Arnold and Leah Spielberg. Steven’s father was an engineer and his mother was a piano instructor. The Spielberg family moved to New Jersey the year Steven turned three, they lived in a neat middle-class neighborhood with tree-lined streets and Colonial-style houses. Steven became a big brother during that time to his sister Anne, and then Susan and Nancy. Many people in New Jersey called Steven a “wild-creature.” He liked to tease his younger sisters and the other neighborhood children. Steven’s mom said, “His Badness was so original that there weren’t even books to tell you what to do, and how to control him.”
Steven had many fears as a child-the clouds, the trees, and the wind. He feared monsters under his bed. He loved to watch T.V., but was often frightened by what he saw. “He once cried for hours after watching a program about snakes,” his mother said. When he was eight they took him to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Steven said “I burst into tears after I saw the wicked queen turn into a hag and a skeleton crumbled into pieces. For three or four nights I had to crawl into bed with my mom and dad.”
The Spielbergs were Jewish, and Steven attended Hebrew classes three times a week. But he was ashamed of being Jewish. His family’s religious beliefs made him feel different from all his other