Monday, 11 January 2010

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Spielberg at the Pentagon (August 11, 1999).
Born Steven Allan Spielberg
December 18, 1946 (1946-12-18) (age 63)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1964 – present


Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is a Jewish American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career spanning over four decades, Spielberg's films have taken up many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fiction and adventure films

After watching the unconventional, off-center camera techniques of Jaws, an aging Alfred Hitchcock praised "young Spielberg," saying "He's the first one of us who doesn't see the proscenium arch." Or, to paraphrase, he was the first mainstream director to visually think outside the spatial dynamics of the theater.

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