Steven Spielberg
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As a kid in Phoenix, 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 ....
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.... his craft doing television work, which included an
episode of the Rod Serling series Night Gallery and the classic cult movie Duel.
His first feature, The Sugarland Express, was released in 1974, and he was soon
offered the chance to direct a thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a
small New England beach town. Jaws cost $8.5 million and grossed $260 million.
Spielberg followed it up two years later with Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
earning a Best Director Oscar nomination and ....
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