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The Acclaimed Director Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg over the years has become one of the world’s most acclaimed directors, some of his more famous films, such Jaws, E.T, and Jurassic Park, broke the current box office records that were set at the time. But the path to successes was not always easy for him. In 1946, Spielberg began his life in the Ohio city of Cincinnati. He was born into a Jewish family, and moved to New Jersey, and Arizona in the process of his childhood. In his early teens he began making armature films with his friends, he would charge 25 cents of admission to his home films, while his sister sold popcorn. While Spielberg attended his Hebrew school, he was the target of bullying due to his family being Orthodox Jews, he was never really embarrassed to be a Orthodox jew, more embarrassed of the impression the outward appearances gave his family. He was always worried of bringing his friends over to find his Grandfather praying in a corner. He was also the target of anti-sematic prejudice, that escalated to the point where he ended up with two bloody noses. When he became a boy scout in 1958 he decided to earn photography merit badge by using his father’s camera to shoot a 8 minute film titled “The Last Gunfight.” At the age of 13 he won a award for a 40 minute film called “escape to Nowhere” which was based on a battle in East Africa. And at age 16 he directed his first independent film titled “Firelight” which he premiered at his local theater. In the end the film

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