Steven Spielberg - Greatest director of 20th century!

One of the most acclaimed directors of 20th century, Steven Spielberg is an American Icon. From Close Encounters to Schindler's List, Spielberg has never failed to amaze and delight his audience. He has set a level of excellence that very few directors ever could achieve. Steven Spielberg is no doubt one of the most influential film director and producer in Hollywood. He is Hollywood's best director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has achieved success as a director, producer and also as a writer.

Steven Spielberg born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 18, 1946. His father Arnold was an electric engineer and his mother Leah was a concert pianist. Steven was attracted to the world of entertainment right from childhood. Steven won a contest at the age of 13, he had made a 40 minutes long film, Escape to Nowhere.

Before entering in the film industry Steven went to Long Beach University. There he could not find himself in study and started pursuing his entertainment career. Steven tried his hands on direction career with Battle Squad in 1961, which combined World War Two footage. Steven also directed another short film The Last Gun. Steven was very serious about his career and for next couple of years; he directed some movies that he was to decide if he could make his career in direction.

In 1964, Steven directed movie "Firelight" which featured aliens invading a small town. His next directed movie was Amblin in 1968, further Steve established a production company Amblin with which he produced some more movies.

About 20 years back Spielberg directed a movie E.T.The Extra Terrestrials that was a true start of the Spielberg era. Spielberg also worked on TV in some projects "M.D. Marcus Welby" in 1969 and "Night Gallery" in 1970 to name some. Spielberg was marching towards a path where he would later become one of the most acclaimed and famous directors.

Movies directed and produced by Spielberg after 1977 were appreciated and seen by audience all over the world. Steven Spielberg not only directed serious movies but he tried his hands on comedy movies, animated adventures also, and most of the times he achieved success in entertaining his audience. Movies like: Raiders of The Lost Arc in 1981, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 1982, Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom in 1984, some animated series in 1986, Empire of The Sun in 1987, Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988, Always in 1989, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade 1989, Back To The Future in 1989 etc. are some feathers in his cap.

Steven Spielberg then directed some of the most fascinating movies in the nineties. His films displayed his excellence in bringing wild imaginations to the life on screen. Movies life Jurassic Park, Men In Black, Mask of Zorro, Deep Impact, Saving Private Ryan, Evolution, The Haunting, Shrek, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Reports, Men In Black II, Catch Me If You Can prove his intelligence. Spielberg was always able to keep his audience bound to the seats with the help of nerve stimulating and spectacular special effects. No doubts he is a great filmmaker.

It is very hard to enlist all the achievements that this person has attained, some of them are: he is one of the richest personality in Hollywood, he received the "Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern" award, which is the highest Civil Distinction given away by Federal Republic of Germany, he was chosen as one of the most powerful personality in Entertainment Industry by The Entertainment Weekly, he won an American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 1995, he is a supporter of Democratic party and has also donated $100,000 to the same, he was awarded with second annual John Huston Award For Artist Rights by the Artist Rights Foundation in 1995, he is a cofounder of Dream Works SKG, he was named best director of the 20th century in an Entertainment Weekly online pole, he has received the Distinguished Public Service Award, the U.S. Navy's highest civilian honor in 1999, awarded the honor of Knight of The Order of British Empire (KBE) in the New Year's honors 2001 by the Queen of Britain.