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Steven Spielberg
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor, Screen Story
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December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH
Biography:The most commercially successful filmmaker in Hollywood history, "Steven Spielberg" was born December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, OH. A lifelong cinema buff, he began directing his first short movies while still a child, later studying film at California State University and winning notice for his 1969 short feature Amblin'. He first made his mark in television, directing "Joan Crawford" in the pilot for "Rod Serling"'s "Night Gallery" and working on episodes of Columbo and "Marcus Welby, M.D." Spielberg's first feature-length effort, 1971's "Duel", a taut thriller starring "Dennis Weaver", was widely acclaimed as one of the best movies ever made for television. The film proved so successful on the small screen, in fact, that it later was the recipient of theatrical distribution throughout Europe, where it proved to be a major box-office hit.

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Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Elton John attend the Elton John AIDS Party after the 65th Annual...
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks promote "The Terminal" at the 61st Venice Film Festival in Italy on...
Barbra Streisand is joined by Michael Jackson to honor Steven Spielberg after he received the Scopus...
Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg attend the premiere of "Flags of Our Fathers" at the Academy...
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" directors George Lucas, left, and Steven...
From left: executive producer Steven Spielberg, producer Ian Bryce and director/executive producer...
Steven Spielberg and Lynn Cohen on the set of "Munich"
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