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Steven Spielberg was
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UNIVERSAL lot while on a
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born in CINCINNATI on
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TOUR. He found an
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December 18 1946
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abandoned JANITORS
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(NINETEEN FORTY SIX)
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CLOSET, cleaned it up,
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but later the family moved
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and turned it into an office.
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to NEW JERSEY. Later they
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Every day Spielberg would
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moved to SCOTTSDALE AZ
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walk right past the security
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(near Phoenix) while Steven
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guards at the gate, wearing
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was still young. ARNOLD, his
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a suit and tie. While on the
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father was an ELECTRICAL
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inside, Spielberg started
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ENGINEER, and his mother,
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production on AMBLIN which
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LEAH was a CONCERT
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was a 24 minute movie about
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PIANIST. His sister,
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a pair of HITCHHIKERS. The
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Anne Spielberg, became a
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$15,000 budget came from a
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SCREEN WRITER.
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friend of his, who was also
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At the age of 13 he won a
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trying to break into the movie
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CONTEST with his 40
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business. Amblin won several
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minute film, ESCAPE TO
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film festival awards, and more
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NOWHERE. In 1963, at the
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importantly, got him the attention
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age of 16, Spielberg
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of UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.
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produced the movie FIRELIGHT
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Spielberg was signed for 7
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which later made a
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years with the Television
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR
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Division. He directed shows
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profit at the local movie theater.
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such as The NIGHT GALLERY,
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Spielberg studied ENGLISH
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MARCUS WELBY MD, The
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at CALIFORNIA STATE
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Name of the Game and the
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University in Long Beach.
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first episode of COLUMBO.
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He later tried to get into a
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The contract allowed him
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TRADITIONAL FILM school
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to show off the diversity of
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but was refused entry.
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his talents. He got to direct
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Spielberg broke into the
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made for telvision movies such
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movie industry by
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as Duel and Something Evil.
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DISAPPEARING into the
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