Steven Spielberg Childhood

Throughout history there were many outstanding directors who changed many lives with their films. But Steven Spielberg went beyond with his movies and has influenced and motivated many people and it all started in his childhood. Through his success he has gained a lot of acknowledgement and awards. To begin, one of the earliest memories that Steven remembered when he attended a Jewish temple in his stroller and was being memorized by a red light that glowed in the sanctuary where the replica of the Ark of the Covenant is kept. This is important to keep in mind as he is Jewish which really affected him in his career. Another earliest memory is when he was about three years old, his family moved to New Jersey. One night his dad and he went

Growing up together they did not watch a lot of television, but when they did, Steven’s favorite movie was “The Greatest Show On Earth.” But “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was the movie he was terrified of which is weird when Walt Disney’s movies were meant for children. After a while Steven father got a job with General Electric and the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he considers his true boyhood home. This where he finally received pets and had a dog named (Thunder), a lizard and parakeets. His suburban home was also the place he tried to recreate so many of his movies. While living in Phoenix he joined the Boy Scouts and desperately wanted to earn the 21 merit badges so he could become an Eagle Scout, “But he had few talents and no athletic ability. For example, at summer camp he demonstrated the proper way to sharpen an ax and sliced open one of his fingers.” (Jackson, 2007) So he decided to build his abilities and improve his athletic ability and soon enough his work payed off. During high school, he became a member of the Boy Scout Honor Society. In 1989, he was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

“He became one of the youngest television directors for Universal in the late 1960s. A highly praised television film, Duel (1972), brought him the opportunity to direct for the cinema, and a long string of hits have made him the most commercially successful director of all time.” (A&E Networks