Steven Spielberg

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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and business magnate. He was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinatti, Ohio, U.S.

Early Life
Steven Spielberg was born to a Jewish family. His mother, Leah Adler (ne'e Posner, 1920-) was a restauratuer and concert pianist. His father, Arnold Spielberg (1917-) was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers. He spent his childhood in Haddon Township, New Jersey, where he saw one of his first films in a theater, as well as in Scottsdale, Arizona. Throughout his early teens, Spielberg made amateur 8 mm "adventure" films with his friends, the first of which he shot at Pinnacle Peak resturaunt in Scottsdale. He charged admission (25 cents) to his home films (which involved the wrecks he staged with his Lionel train set) while his sister, Nancy Spielberg, sold popcorn.

He became a Boy Scout in 1958, and fulfilled a requirement for the photography merit badge by making a nine-minute 8 mm film entitled ''The Last Gunfight. ''