英語名人堂：史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格

史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格(Steven Allan Spielberg)1946年12月18日生于美國俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市，猶太人血統(tǒng)，電影導演、編劇和電影制作人。[1]

史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格的第一部電影是在亞利桑那州斯考茨德爾的一家旅館中拍攝的。13歲時，斯皮爾伯格拍攝了一部戰(zhàn)爭電影《無處容身》在“峽谷影展”中獲獎。1971年，斯皮爾伯格導演了他的第一部電視片《決斗》。1975年拍攝了電影《大白鯊》，1982年的電影《E.T.》 使史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格首次獲得當年的奧斯卡最佳導演獎提名。1993年史蒂文·斯皮爾伯格執(zhí)導的《侏羅紀公園》上映。同年憑借電影《辛德勒的名單》獲得奧斯卡最佳影片、 最佳導演等多項大獎;1999年再次憑借電影 《拯救大兵瑞恩》獲得第71屆奧斯卡最佳導演等多項大獎，2009年獲得第66屆美國電影電視金球獎終身成就獎[1] 。2013年《時代》雜志將他列入世紀百大最重要的人物的一員[2] 。

Steven Spielberg is a prolific and super-successful American film director and producer. He has won three Best Movie Oscars, among hundreds of other awards. His movies have made nearly $8 billion, the highest for any filmmaker in history. ‘Time’ magazine listed him as one of the 100 greatest people of the 20th Century. ‘Life’ named him the most influential person of his generation.

Spielberg was born in Ohio in 1946. He was interested in movies when he was very young. At 12, he made a 9-minute film to earn his Boy Scout photography badge. Aged 13, he won a prize for a 40-minute war movie. When he was 16, Spielberg filmed a 2-hour science fiction epic. He set his sights on Hollywood.

Spielberg failed to get into film school because of his high school grades. He was undeterred and went directly to Universal Studios, where he got a position as an intern. In 1968, he made a short film that caught the attention of Universal’s vice president. Spielberg became Hollywood’s youngest ever director. He spent seven years making TV movies.

Spielberg’s first major movie was the shark horror film ‘Jaws’. It was a sensational hit and made Spielberg a household name. He has since made many blockbusters that have become a part of world culture, including Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and E.T. Spielberg has also dealt with serious issues such as slavery, the Holocaust and terrorism. He has also ventured into video game production.