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1946
Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but spent most of his childhood in Arizona. -
1968
Spielberg became one of the youngest television directors for Universal. -
1975
Spielberg directed the film Jaw's. -
1977
Spielberg published Close Encounters of the Third Kind. -
1980
Amblin Entertainment was founded -
1982
The film E.T was released. -
1985
Steven Spielberg married Amy Irving. -
1985
The Color Purple was released. -
1986
Spielberg was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. -
1987
The film "Empire of the Sun" was released. -
1989
Spielberg divorced his wife Amy Irving. -
1991
Spielberg married his current wife, Kate Capshaw. -
1991
Starring Robin Williams, the film "Hook" was published. It revolves around an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten about his childhood. -
1993
The famous "Jurassic Park" was released. -
1993
Spielberg became famous for his historical film "Schindler's List". -
1994
Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg, and David Geffen formed a new studio, known today as Dreamworks SKG. -
1997
Spielberg directed the sequel of Jurassic Park. It is called "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" -
1998
Continuing Spielberg's historical films, he revisited World War 2 from an American soldiers perspective. -
1999
Following the film "Saving Private Ryan", Spielberg won Best Director, another Academy Award. -
2002
Sci-fi adventure film, 'Minority Report' was released. -
2004
Spielberg was awarded the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award. In recognition of his work, Spielberg also received the French Legion of Honor. -
2005
Spielberg was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. -
2005
Academy Award nominee, 'Munich' was released. -
2006
Spielberg produced Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima that are Clint Eastwood directed. -
2008
Indiana Jones, a long time film series, directed by Spielberg was completed with the final movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. -
2012
Another legendary film project called 'Lincoln' debuted. The film was a biography of former U.S President, Abraham Lincoln. -
2015
Spielberg was awarded with the nations highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. -
2018
After Florida's America's school shooting, Spielberg donated $500,000 to the March for our Lives.