I was born was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1946.

I went to Long Beach University, but dropped out to pursue my entertainment career. I gained notoriety as an uncredited assistant editor on the classic western Wagon Train

I directed The Last Gun, a western in 1959 and Escape to Nowhere, in 1961 which featured kids as World War Two soldiers, including my sister Anne

In 1968, I directed the movie Amblin, which featured the desert prominently and would also become the production company I would produce many films with

My major directorial effort was The Sugarland Express in 1974 with Goldie Hawn

I created the video game series Medal of Honor set during World War Two

In the mid-1990s, I founded the production company Dreamworks, responsible for many box office successes in the nineties and the new century

My 1975 film, Jaws, was credited with being the first ever summer blockbuster

This was followed by E.T, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park among others.

My greatest triumph was Schindler’s List that won me Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director