Steven Spielberg
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Tenney, Craig, 1
Terminal, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Capraesque aspects of, 1, 2
Chaplinesque feeling of, 1
communication theme in, 1
ethnic and racial themes of, 1
jazz and, 1
Kafkaesque aspects of, 1, 2
mixed commercial response to, 1
political themes in, 1, 2, 3, 4
real-life inspiration of, 1
Spielberg’s affinity with Viktor in, 1
terminal set and filming of, 1
terrorism, 1, 2
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The, 1, 2
Texas Department of Public Safety, 1, 2, 3, 4
Thalberg, Irving, 1
That Certain Summer, 1
Theron, Charlize, 1
Theta Chi, 1, 2, 3
Thing from Another World, The, 1, 2
Thomas, Bob, 1, 2, 3
Thomas, Diane, 1, 2n
Thomas, Henry, 1, 2n, 3, 4
Thomas A. Edison School, 1n, 2
Thompson, Bill, 1, 2
Thomson, David, 1
Three Days of the Condor, 1
Three Stooges, 1
Thronson, Ron, 1
THX 1138, 1
THX 1138:4EB (Electronic Labyrinth), 1
Tice, Doug, 1, 2, 3
Tice, Mary, 1
Tice, Walter, 1, 2
Tieger, Mildred “Millie” Friedman, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Time, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1985 cover story on Spielberg in, 1n, 2
“Student Movie Makers” article in, 1
Time for Healing, A (Shapiro), 1
Time Inc., 1, 2
Timeless Call, A, 1
Time Machine, The (2002), 1
“Time of the Sharks, The,” 1
Times (London), 1
Time Warner, 1, 2, 3, 4
Tintin books, 1; see also Secret of the Unicorn, The
Tiny Toon Adventures, 1, 2
Tippett, Phil, 1
Titanic, 1
Toby Tyler, 1
Togetherness, 1
To Kill a Mockingbird, 1
Tolkien, J. R. R., 1
Tomasulo, Frank P., 1
Tombés du ciel (Lost in Transit), 1
Tomblin, David, 1n, 2
Tonight Show, The, 1
Tony Awards, 1
Torah, 1, 2
Torn Curtain, 1, 2n
Touch of Evil, 1
Tower, Stu, 1
Towne, Robert, 1
Tracy, Spencer, 1, 2, 3
Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer (Schrader), 1
Transformers films, 1, 2, 3, 4
Travelers Aid Society, 1
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The, 1
Trial, The (Kafka), 1
Trial of the Chicago 1, The, 2
Trintignant, Jean-Louis, 1
Trip, The, 1
Tropic Thunder, 1
True Grit (2010), 1
Truffaut, François, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Trumbo, Dalton, 1
Trumbull, Douglas, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Tucci, Stanley, 1
Turner, Richard, 1
TV Guide, 1, 2, 3
Twelve Angry Jurors (Sergel), 1
12 Angry Men (Lumet), 1
Twelve Angry Men (Rose), 1, 2
Twentieth Century Fox, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1
Twilight Zone, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 “The Dummy” segment of, 1
“It’s a Good Life” segment of, 1, 2
“Kick the Can” segment of, 1, 2, 3
“Little Girl Lost” segment of, 1n
“The Monsters Are Due on Maple
Street” segment of, 1, 2
Twilight Zone—The Movie, 1, 2 anthology format of, 1, 2
fatal accident and trial stemming from, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
illegal hiring of children for, 1, 2, 3
“It’s a Good Life” segment of, 1, 2, 3
“Kick the Can” segment of, 1, 2
“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” segment of, 1, 2
Spielberg’s involvement with, 1, 2, 3
Twisted Cross, The, 1
Twister, 1n
Two-Lane Blacktop, 1
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1, 2, 3, 4
Two Towers, The (Tolkien), 1
Tyrannosaurus rex, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Tyson, Nona, 1
UFO Experience, The: A Scientific Inquiry (Hynek), 1
Ulysses (Joyce), 1
Unauthorised Biography, The: Steven Spielberg (Baxter), 1n
Unfinished Journey, The, 1, 2
Union Bank of California, 1
United Artists (UA), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
United Nations, 1
United States: anti-Semitism in, 1, 2
Christian predominance in, 1, 2
collective distress and anxiety in, 1;
see also September 11, 2001, attacks
disintegration of family in, 1
distrust of government in, 1, 2
Jewish immigrant experience in, 1
1960s social upheavals in, 1, 2, 3, 4
suburban life in, 1, 2, 3, 4
WASP culture of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
United States Department of Defense, 1
United States Department of Homeland Security, 1, 2, 3
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
United States Supreme Court, 1, 2, 3
Universal Studios, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 DreamWorks negotiations with, 1, 2, 3
E.T. ride at, 1
Jurassic Park: The Ride at, 1n, 2
MCA’s purchase of, 1
Spielberg’s first directing contract with, 1, 2
Spielberg’s first visit to, 1, 2
Spielberg’s headquarters at, 1, 2, 3, 4
Spielberg’s unofficial Hollywood apprenticeship at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
studio system and conservative values of, 1, 2
Tour, 1, 2, 3
Universal Television, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 pioneering made-for-TV films of, 1, 2
Spielberg’s professional apprenticeship at, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1, 2, 3
University of Lincoln (UK), 1
University of Southern California (USC), 1, 2, 3, 4 USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education at, 1
Up in the Air, 1
Urban Cowboy, 1
USA Patriot Act, 1
Used Cars, 1
Uses of Enchantment, The (Bettelheim), 1
Vadim, Roger, 1n
Vane, Richard “Dick,” 1
Van Gogh, Vincent, 1
Vanneman, Alan, 1
Van Sickle, Dale, 1n
Variety, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Veitch, John, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (Jonas), 1, 2
Venice Film Festival, 1
Ventura, Lino, 1
Ventura, Michael, 1
Verne, Jules, 1, 2
Viacom, 1, 2
Victor, Mark, 1
Vidal, Gore, 1
Vietnam War, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 opposition to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Village of the Damned, 1
Village Voice, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Vinton, Bobby, 1
Vogel, David E., 1
Voices, 295
Voight, Jon, 1
von Däniken, Erich, 1
Von Sydow, Max, 1
Wade, Bill, 1
Wagon Train, 1
Walas, Chris, 1
Walken, Christopher, 1
Walker, Alice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Wallace, Dee, 1, 2, 3
Wallace & Ladmo, 1, 2
Wallenberg, Raoul, 1
Wall Street Journal, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Walnut Hills High School, 1
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Walt Disney Company/Walt Disney Studios, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Walt Disney World, 1
Wanger, Walter, 1
Ward, David, 1
Warga, Wayne, 1
War Horse (film project), 1
War Horse (Morpurgo), 1
War Horse (Stafford), 1
War Lord, The, 1
War of 1812, 1
War of the Worlds, 1, 2, 3, 4 box-office success, 1
critical reservations about, 1, 2
extreme violence in, 1
family themes in, 1
H. G. Wells source material for, 1
relation to contemporary political issues, 1, 2
relation to earlier adaptations, 1
Spielberg’s evolving view of aliens and, 1
technical virtuosity of, 1
“War of the Worlds, The” (1938 radio broadcast, The Mercury Theatre on the Air), 1 War of the Worlds, The (1953 film), 2
War of the Worlds, The (Wells), 1
“War on Terror,” 1
Warner, Frank, 1
Warner Bros., 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Warner Bros. TV, 1
Warner Communications Inc. (WCI), 1
Warner-Seven Arts, 1
Washington, George, 1
Washington Post, 1, 2, 3
Wasserman, Lew, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Watanabe, Ken, 1
Watergate scandal, 1, 2, 3
Watson, Ian, 1, 2, 3
Wayne, John, 1, 2n, 3, 4
Weaver, Dennis, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5n
Webb, Frank, 1, 2
Webb, Jack, 1
Weber, Betty, 1
Weber, Charles, 1
Welles, Orson, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7n, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Wells, Frank, 1
Wells Fargo, 1
Wells, H. G., 1, 2, 3, 4
Wells, Simon, 1
We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story, 1n
Wesleyan University, 1
West, Nathanael, 1
Westworld, 1
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1, 2
“When You Wish Upon a Star,” 1, 2, 3
Whitaker, Johnny, 1
White, Armond, 1, 2
White Lightning, 1, 2, 3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1, 2, 3
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee), 1
Wielage, Marc, 1
Wiesel, Elie, 1
Wieseltier, Leon, 1
Wild Child, The, 1
Wild One, The, 1
Wilde, Oscar, 1
Wilder, Billy, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5
Will, George F., 1
Williams, Anson, 1
Williams, JoBeth, 1, 2
Williams, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Williams, Robin, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Williams, Sherry Missner, 1
Windy City, 1
Winfrey, Oprah, 1, 2, 3, 4
Winger, Debra, 1, 2
Wingo, Dorcey, 1
Wings (TV), 1
Winston, Stan, 1, 2
Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi (Woodward), 1
Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1
Wise, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5
Wizan, Joe, 1
Wizard of Oz, The, 1
Wolf, Eleanor, 1, 2
Wonder Woman, 1
Wood, Robin, 1
Wood, Sam, 1
Woods, Tiger, 1
Woodward, Bob, 1
World Council of Synagogues, 1
World Jewish Congress, 1
World of Our Fathers (Howe), 1
World Trade Center, 1, 2
World War I, 1, 2
World War II, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 China-Burma-India theater of operations of, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5
Spielberg’s films about, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 91, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Worsley, Wallace, 1, 2
Wright, Edgar, 1
Writers Guild of America, 1, 2
Wyler, William, 1, 2
Wylie, Philip, 1
Yad Vashem Heroes and MartyrsMemorial Authority, 1, 2
Yates, Richard, 1
Yeltsin, Boris, 1, 2
Yentl, 1
Yiddish language, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5
Yiddish theater, 1
Yimou, Zhang, 1
You Bet Your Life, 1
You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again (Phillips), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Young, Freddie, 1
Young, Harrison, 1
Young, Robert, 1
Young, Stephen, 1
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The, 1n, 2
Young Mr. Lincoln, 1
Young Sherlock Holmes, 1n, 2, 3
You’re a Big Boy Now, 1
Your Show of Shows, 1
Yuricich, Matthew, 1
Yuricich, Richard, 1
Z, 1
Zaillian, Steven, 1, 2, 3, 4
Zanuck, Darryl, 1
Zanuck, Richard D., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Zelenski, Beth Weber, 1, 2, 3, 4, 107, 5
Zemeckis, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 6n, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1
Zimmerman, Paul D., 1, 2
Zinnemann, Fred, 1
Zionism, 1, 2
Zorro Rides Again, 1
Zsigmond, Vilmos, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Zusman, Janice, 1, 2
“Scouting gave me my start,” Steven Spielberg once said. He began making story films as a Boy Scout in Phoenix, Arizona. Filmmaking allowed him to express his feelings in “a place where I felt safer: in front of my camera.” He is shown outside Ingleside Elementary School in July 1961 with fellow Scouts Ray Chenhall and Bill Hoffman as their troop prepares to leave for its annual summer camping trip. (Photo by Richard Y. Hoffman Jr.)
For years, Spielberg claimed he was born on December 18, 1947, but his birth certificate shows the date to be one year earlier. (Cincinnati Board of Health, Office of Vital Statistics)
Spielberg’s childhood home at 817 Lexington Avenue in the Avondale section of Cincinnati (a 1994 photograph). During the late 1940s, Steven and his parents occupied the lower-right-hand apartment in what was then a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. (Joseph McBride)
Steven’s parents, Leah and Arnold, were delighted and somewhat bewildered by the unusual creature they had brought into the world. “When he was growing up, I didn’t know he was a genius,” his mother later admitted. “Frankly, I didn’t know what the hell he was.”
When Spielberg received his Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute on March 2, 1995, his divorced parents were reunited. Paying tribute to them in his acceptance speech, he said, “Growing up was frustrating for me…. But I thank you for letting me own that experience. Thanks for giving me the chance to answer some of my own questions, for not panicking and trying to spoon-feed me all the answers.” (American Film Institute/NBC-TV)
“Just as I’d become accustomed to a school and a teacher and a best friend, the FOR SALE sign would dig into the front lawn”—as it did in front of the Spielberg home at 267 Crystal Terrace in Haddon Township, New Jersey, on December 16, 1956, shortly before the family left for Arizona. (Loretta Knoblach)
On the rare occasions when his “workaholic” father accompanied him on Boy Scout camping trips near Phoenix, “we became our closest,” Steve remembered. This was November 1958, shortly before his twelfth birthday. Bill Hoffman is at right. (Photo by Richard Y. Hoffman Jr.)
Steve holding the Flaming Arrow Patrol Flag of Ingleside’s Troop 294 in the fall of 1960. He thought of the Boy Scouts as being “like a surrogate dad.” (Photo by Richard Y. Hoffman Jr.)
Infatuated with the sixteen-year-old Spielberg, high school classmate Sue Roper, while babysitting for his sisters, sketched this soulful pose as Steve watched television on the couch of his home in Phoenix. (Susan Roper Arndt, 1963)
This handmade credit emblazoned Spielberg�
�s 1960 World War II flying movie, Fighter Squad.
Spielberg already had visions of becoming another David Lean when he re-created World War II in Escape to Nowhere (1959–62), his 8mm epic set in North Africa. This battle scene was shot on Camelback Mountain, Steve’s all-purpose location near his home in Phoenix. (Barry Sollenberger)
A frame enlargement from Firelight (1964), with alien lights over the Arizona landscape. Allen Daviau, the cinematographer who later worked with Spielberg on such films as Amblin’ and E.T., said of this amateur feature, “The effects were what was really amazing—that’s what his heart was in. What he did with crumpled aluminum foil and bits of Jell-O on a kitchen table was pretty amazing.”
By the end of his years in Phoenix, Spielberg had become such a hometown celebrity that the Arizona Republic sent photographer Ralph Camping to document the making of his first feature, Firelight, in 1963. Steve is shown behind his Bolex 8mm camera, directing actress Carol Stromme, with his father as a crew member, while shooting the opening sequence inside the family carport, using his mother’s Jeep to simulate a drive through the desert night. (Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.)
The premiere of Firelight in Phoenix was commemorated with a mimeographed program. (Susan Roper Arndt)
Conferring with cameraman Serge Haignere, Spielberg shows concern about the shooting schedule during the 1967 filming of his unfinished bicycle movie, Slipstream. Because the directors he watched at Universal wore ties and sweaters, the aspiring young director did too. (© Ralph Burris)
The first film Spielberg completed in 35mm, Amblin’ (1968), was a short subject designed to prove he could make a professional-looking movie. He began filming this bittersweet tale about a young hitchhiking couple that July on a soundstage in Hollywood. Amblin’ won Spielberg a seven-year contract as a Universal TV director. (© Ralph Burris)
The end of the road in Amblin’: foreshadowing the mature Spielberg visual style, this composition reveals the contrasting moods of Pamela McMyler and Richard Levin as they reach the Pacific Ocean. Allen Daviau, who later photographed E.T. and other Spielberg features, was the cinematographer.