100 Dyslexics in 150 Words or Less. Steven Spielberg. Born 12/18/1946 in Cincinnati, and lived in New Jersey, Phoenix, Arizona, and Saratoga. Attended California State University Long Beach but dropped out to pursue his entertainment career.
Started directing Escape to Nowhere (1961) and Firelight (1964)
His most successful movies are Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Goonies , and Gremlins (1984).
With the Schindler’s List (1993), Spielberg won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture.
He struggled with dyslexia but didn’t find out until his 60s.
“Movies really helped me… kind of saved me from shame, from guilt, I think making movies was my great escape, it was how I could get away from all that,”
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