Steven Spielberg


As a kid in Phoenix, Steven Spielberg charged admission to his home
movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making
movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the most
unathletic students there. His movie making career began at the age of twelve
when his father bought a movie camera that Spielberg used all the time. Instead
of doing his school work he was using the camera. While he was working with his
mom and sister on his projects, his father helped him make miniature sets out of
paper mache.He turned out his first production, with script and actors, when he
was thirteen, and a year later he won a prize for a forty minute war movie
titled Escape to Nowhere. At the age of sixteen, his 140-minute production,
Firelight, was shown in a local movie theater. In college, his short film,
Amblin was shown at the Atlanta Film Festival and led to the boy genius's
Universal Studios directing contract at the age of......

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