“Jaws” (1975), “ET” (1982), “Indiana Jones” (from 1984), “Jurassic Park” (1993), “Lincoln” (2012), not to forget his three Oscars winning films ” Schindler’s List “(1993) and” Saving Private Ryan “(1998) – there is no other star director in Hollywood who as consistently as Steven Spielberg protests against being known for excellence in just one genre.
With his musical film debut “West Side Story”, he fulfilled a childhood dream before his 75th birthday today. He was eleven when his parents brought home a recording of the hit “Broadway” and he began learning the lyrics and songs. His genre-defining involvement in the war film “Schindler’s List”, especially the shooting in Poland and the confrontation with the Holocaust, made him a different person.
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The son of a computer engineer and pianist from Cincinnati (Ohio) has never lost his almost childlike lust for imagination. The father of seven uses them not only to embed monstrosities in visionary worlds, but also to promote his “global language”, the film. Spielberg, who experimented with an eight-millimeter camera as an eight-year-old, was somewhat concerned about Jurassic Park: “I was afraid of opening Pandora’s box for digital production.”
Today the “dreamer”, whose films have grossed more than ten billion dollars, is one of the richest filmmakers in the world. That should not have changed the character of the director, who is second married to actress Kate Capshaw. He is considered a good guy. When ex-producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein schemed against his Oscar campaign for “Saving Private Ryan” to promote “Shakespeare in Love” (from Weinstein’s studio), he ignored warnings from his team. Weinstein would have congratulated him. “Shakespeare in Love” won the Academy Award for best film, while Spielberg won the Oscar for directing. (nb)
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