Steven Spielberg
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audience reaction to, 1
choice of muted color for, 1
filming of D-Day sequence in, 1, 2, 3
historical antecedents of, 1
Holocaust and, 1
honors for Spielberg in wake of, 1
influence of Arnold Spielberg on, 1, 2
influence of Robert Capa’s photographs on, 1
level of violence in, 1, 2, 3, 4
mixed critical reaction to, 1
screenplay of and narrative problems in, 1, 2
Spielberg’s reconciliation with father and, 1, 2
Savoy, Maggie, 1
Sayles, John, 1
Scary Hollow, 1
Schaffner, Franklin, 1
Scheider, Roy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Schindel, Danka Dresner, 1
Schindler, Oskar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Schindler’s List, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 black-and-white cinematography of, 1, 2, 3
casting of, 1, 2, 3
filming of, 1, 2
financing and production of, 1
prison camp scenes in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
public and critical response to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Spielberg’s Jewish heritage and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Schindler’s List (Keneally), 1, 2, 3, 4
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 1
Schrader, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Schuman, Donna, 1, 2
Schuman, Harold, 1
Schwarzbaum, Lisa, 1
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 1
Science Fiction Theater, 1
Scientific Data Systems, 1
Scorsese, Martin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12
Scott, Amber, 1
Scott, A. O., 1, 2, 3
Scott, Jacqueline, 1n
Scott, Ridley, 1, 2, 3
Scott, Tony, 1, 2, 3
Scottsdale Chamber Orchestra, 1
Screen Actors Guild, 1n
Searchers, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Season to Be Wary, The (Serling), 1
Second Coming of Suzanne, The, 1
Secret of the Unicorn, The (Hergé), 1
Seigel, Sherman L., 1
Selleck, Tom, 1
Selznick, David O., 1
Semel, Terry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sennett, Mack, 1, 2
“Sentinel, The” (Clarke), 1
September 11, 2001, attacks (aka 1/2), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Sergeant York, 1
Serling, Carol, 1
Serling, Rod, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Seven Samurai, The, 1
Shakespeare, William, 1, 2, 3
Shakespeare in Love, 1
Shales, Tom, 1
Shapiro, Edward S., 1
Shapiro, Robert, 1n
Shatz, Adam, 1
Shaw, Bob, 1
Shaw, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Shea, Eric, 1
Sheehan, Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sheer, Roger, 1, 2
Sheinberg, Sidney J., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Spielberg and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
on Spielberg, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
television executive career of, 1, 2
Shepherd, Richard “Dick,” 1
Shining, The (Kubrick), 1
Shoah, 1
Shoot the Piano Player, 1
Show of Force, 1
Shrek, 1
Shrek 2, 1, 2
Shull, Don, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Shull, Kathy, 1, 2
Shupack, Arnold “Arnie,” 1
Siemaszko, Casey, 1
Sight and Sound, 1, 2, 3
Silent Running, 1
Silver, Joan Micklin, 1
Silver, Joel, 1
Silverman, Jeff, 1
Silvers, Charles A. “Chuck,” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 as Spielberg’s mentor, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Silvers, Phil, 1
Simmons, Bill, Jr., 1
Simmons, Tom, 1, 2
Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1
Simpson, O. J., 1n
Sinatra, Frank, 1
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, 1
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1
Singerman, Meyer, 1
Singerman, Peggie Hibbert, 1, 2
Siskel, Gene, 1, 2
Skidoo, 1
Sky Harbor Airport, 1, 2, 3, 4
Slate, 1
Slipstream, 1, 2, 3
Slocombe, Douglas, 1, 2
Small Change, 1, 2
Small Soldiers, 1, 2
Small Time Crooks, 1
Smith, Cecil, 1, 2
Smith, Gene Ward, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Smith, Maggie, 1
Smithsonian Institution, 1
Smoldering Lust, 1
Snider, Stacy, 1, 2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1, 2, 3
Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 1
Sohl, Jerry, 1
Sollenberger, Barry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sollenberger, Jim, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Soloist, The, 1
Something Evil, 1
Sondheim, Stephen, 1
Sonny and Cher, 1
Sony, 1n, 2, 3
Sorkin, Aaron, 1
Soros, George, 1
Sounder, 1
Sousa, John Philip, 1
Southern California, University of (USC), 1, 2 film school at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Spielberg’s honorary degree from, 1n
Southern Comfort, 1
Soviet Union, 1, 2, 3
Spanish Inquisition, 1
Spartacus, 1
Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5n, 6
Spector, Arlen, 1
Speir, Wilson, 1
Spellbound, 1
Spheeris, Penelope, 1n
Spiegel, Sam, 1
Spiegelman, Art, 1
Spielberg, Anne (sister): birth of, 1, 2
childhood and adolescence of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
screenwriting career of, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5
on Steven, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Steven and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Spielberg, Arnold Meyer (father), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Army Air Forces service of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
character and personality of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
childhood and adolescence of, 1
courtship and marriage of, 1, 2, 3
early interests and hobbies of, 1, 2, 3, 4
early jobs of, 1, 2
education of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
electronic industry consulting of, 1n
home movies of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
marital problems and divorce of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
pioneering computer work of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
on Steven, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Steven influenced by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Steven’s relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
storytelling of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
as tutor and partner in Steven’s amateur filmmaking, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Spielberg, Avrom (great-uncle), 1
Spielberg, Bertha “Bessie” Sandleman (great-grandmother), 1
Spielberg, Destry Allyn (daughter), 1n
Spielberg, Duke of, 1
Spielberg, Irvin “Buddy” (uncle), 1, 2, 3, 4
Spielberg, Jonathan Tayor, see Fakhran, Anoushirvan D.
Spielberg, Max Samuel (son), 1n birth of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
childhood of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Spielberg, Meyer (great-grandfather), 1
Spielberg, Mikaela (daughter), 1n
Spielberg, Nancy (sister), 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Spielberg, Rebecca “Becky” Chechik (grandmother), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Spielberg, Samuel “Shmuel” (grandfather), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Spielberg, Sasha (daughter), 1, 2n
Spielberg, Sawyer (son), 1n
Spielberg, Steven Allan: academia’s views of, 1, 2
acting of, 1, 2, 3n, 4n
artistic taste of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
automobile accident of, 1
aviation interest of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
bar mitzvah of, 1, 2
biographies of, 1n, 2, 3
birth of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
boyhood and adolescence of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
business acumen of, 1, 2, 3, 4
celebrity and fame of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
childhood memories of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
children’s rapport with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
cigar smoking of, 1
clarinet playing of, 1, 2, 3, 4
college degree earned by, 1, 2
dating and sexual experience of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7n, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12n
dinosaurs fascinating to, 1, 2
draft deferment of, 1
education of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9n, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
fatherhood of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
fears and phobias of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
filmmaking career choice made by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
film preservation championed by, 1n
financial fortune of, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5, 6
first completed 1mm film of, 2
first directing contract of, 1, 2, 3, 4
first feature–length film written and directed by, 1, 2, 3
first public notice of, 1, 2
frightening people as penchant of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
“genius” reputation of, 1, 2, 3
as grandfather, 1
grandiose ambitions of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
growing isolation of, 1, 2, 3, 4
gun collection of, 1
health crisis of (2000), 1
Hebrew name of, 1n, 2, 3
high school sports writing of, 1, 2
humor of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
imagination and creative development of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
importance of family to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
“impostor phenomenon” and, 1
independence sought by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jewish heritage of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Knight Commander’s Cross of (Federal Republic of Germany), 1
knighthood of (UK), 1, 2, 3
lawsuits brought against, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Légion d’honneur of (France), 1
meteor shower seen in childhood by, 1, 2, 3, 4
moral rights of filmmakers supported by, 1n
movie scores and soundtracks collected by, 1, 2
multitasking tendencies of, 1
musical influence on, 1, 2, 3
“nerdy” impression made by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
nicknames of, 1, 2, 3, 4
personal relations and emotional development of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
pets of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
philanthropy of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
physical appearance of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
political contributions of, 1, 2
prizes and honors of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
prodigious talent and passion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
as producer, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also Amblin Entertainment,
DreamWorks SKG psychotherapy of, 1, 2
real estate of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
religious education of, 1, 2, 3
reserve and shyness of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
self-assessment of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
self-promotion of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
social acceptance sought by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
storytelling of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
White House visits of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
wunderkind reputation of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
young talent aided by, 1, 2, 3, 4
Spielberg, Steven Allan, films of: amateur, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
animated, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
archetypal human conflicts in, 1, 2
autobiographical content of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
critical response to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
distinctive visual style of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
elaborate tracking shots of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
family and children separation themes in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
family and friends as early stars and crew of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
flawed father figures in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
humanism in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
lighting effects in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
limited intellectual range and scope seen in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
marketing and distribution of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
mass audience appeal of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
musical scores for, 1, 2, 3, 4
political artist, role as, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
primal fears and fantasies explored in, 1, 2, 3, 4
“regular fella” protagonists in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
special effects in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Spielberg’s directing style in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Spielberg’s editing of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
suburban themes in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
technology in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
violence in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Spielberg, Susan (sister), 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Spielberg, Theo (son), 1, 2n, 3, 4
Spielberg: The Man, The Movies, The Mythology (Sanello), 1n
“Spielberg at Sixty” conference (2007), 1Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair, 2n
Spielberg on Spielberg, 1
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, 1
Spy Smasher, 1
Sragow, Michael, 1, 2, 3
Stack, Robert, 1, 2, 3
Stafford, Nick, 1
Stagecoach, 1
Stalin, Joseph, 1
Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, 1
Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1
Stanley, Frank, 1n
Stardust Memories, 1
Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, 1
Starski, Allan, 1
Star Wars (aka Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, 1
Steele, Alfred, 1
Steggall, Frank, 1
Stein, Jules, 1
Stepford Wives, The (2004), 1
Stern, Itzhak, 1, 2
Stevens, George, 1, 2, 3
Stevens, George Jr., 1, 2
Steven Spielberg: A Biography (McBride), 1
Steven Spielberg, Creator of E.T. (Collins), 1
Steven Spielberg: The Man, His Movies and Their Meaning (Taylor), 1n
Steven Spielberg Story, The: The Man Behind the Movies (Crawley), 1
Stewart, James, 1, 2, 3
Stewart, Paul, 1
Stilwell, Joseph W., 1
Sting, The, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Stolen Kisses, 1
Stoltz, Eric, 1
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Stone, Peter, 1
Stoppard, Tom, 1
Storaro, Vittorio, 1
Streisand, Barbra, 1, 2, 3
Strenge, Walter, 1
Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel’s Deadly Response (Klein), 1
Strokes of Genius, 1
Stromme, Carol, 1
Struthers, Jane M., 1
Stuermer, Der, 1
Sturges, John, 1
Sturges, Preston, 1, 2
Sugarland Express, The, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 box-office failure of, 1, 2
cinematography of, 1, 2, 3, 4
original story and screenplay of, 1, 2, 3
reviews of, 1, 2, 3
Suggs, Steve, 1
Sulek, Ferneta, 1
Sullivan, Barry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sullivan brothers, 1
Sunday Times (London), 1, 2
Sun Trust California Bank and Trust, 1
Superman, 1
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” (Aldiss), 1
Survivors of the Holocaust, 1n
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Svanoe, Bill, 1
Swados, Elizabeth, 1
Swaggart, Jimmy, 1n
Swarthe, Robert, 1
Swashbuckler, 1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1
Swift, Steve, 1
Switzer, Kathy, 1
Sword of Gideon, 1, 2
Symbionese Liberation Army, 1
Synagogue 2000, 1
Szwarc, Jeannot, 1n, 2
Tailspin Tommy, 1
Taken, 1
Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974), 1
Tanen, Ned, 1, 2, 3
Tank, 1, 2, 3
Taormina Film Festival, 1
Tarantino, Quentin, 1n
Tartikoff, Brandon, 1, 2
Tati, Jacques, 1
Taxi Driver, 1n, 2
Taylor, Lili, 1
Taylor, Philip M., 1n
Taylor, Ron, 1
Taylor, Valerie, 1
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Goodwin), 1 television, 1, 2;
see also Universal Television; specific networks and programs adventure and Western shows on, 1, 2, 3, 4
children’s programs on, 1, 2, 3, 4
drama on, 1, 2
episodic (series), 1
Golden Age of, 1
as producer’s medium, 1
science-fiction on, 1, 2
Spielberg influenced by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
variety and comedy shows on, 1, 2
Temple Beth Shalom, 1, 2