Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE OMRI is an American director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Spielberg is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 December 1947
CountryUnited States of America
real cutting choices
Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones making the subtle choices of where and when to look.
real hero character
I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a hero is a hero. I like making pictures about people who have a personal mission in life or at least in the life of a story who start out with certain low expectations and then over achieve our highest expectations for them. That's the kind of character arc I love dabbling in as a director, as a filmmaker.
jobs kids needs
Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.
fate destiny views
Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.
dad lying kids
My dad took me out to see a meteor shower when I was a little kid, and it was scary for me because he woke me up in the middle of the night. My heart was beating; I didn't know what he wanted to do. He wouldn't tell me, and he put me in the car and we went off, and I saw all these people lying on blankets, looking up at the sky.
sunday produce direct
I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.
choices may directors
And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.
growing-up want directors
When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
art book thinking
I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.
people ordinary force
I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
oscars fantastic wanted
Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.
israel survival important
As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.
kurosawa our-time pictorial
Kurosawa is the pictorial Shakespeare of our time.
movie smile laughing
I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.