HW for 14th January

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg was born in Ohio. He is one of the most successful filmmakers of the late 20th century, and in his career he has earned millions of dollars. He has been making movies since 1961 when he made a war film, Escape to Nowhere. He was only 13. He studied literature at California State University then worked in the television division at Universal Studios in Hollywood for seven years.

In 1975 he made Jaws, which was very successful, and made him rich and famous. Since then, he has made more than thirty films, inculding the box office hits Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones, ET and Jurassic Park. He has also directed serious movies, like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and he has produced a lot of hit films. In 1994, he formed a new Hollywood Studio, Dreamworks.

Recently, Dreamworks has been working with Microsoft to produce interactive games and videos.