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A 2.5 page paper which examines the work ethics of the successful film director. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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true one of a kind, like "Einstein or Babe Ruth or Tiger Woods" (Solomon, 1999, p. 62). What catapulted a once nerdy, acne-plagued Jewish kid from Cincinnati to financial,
commercial and (finally) critical success beyond his wildest dreams? (Solomon, 1999) The answer is simple, a "tireless work ethic" (Steven Spielberg Biography, 2001). Born on December 18, 1947
to the unlikely couple of an electrical engineer and a free-spirited pianist who were forced to move the family often to wherever Arnold Spielbergs job would take them, young Steven
would escape from his parents unhappy marriage and from his status as the proverbial student outcast by immersing himself in the art of filmmaking (Solomon, 1999). As a child,
he would watch endless hours of television not simply as entertainment but as a devout student intent on teaching himself how to make films of his own (Solomon, 1999).
He would then apply what he learned with his fathers 8 mm movie camera, using his family as extras and incorporating whatever homemade special effects he could get his hands
on (Solomon, 1999). His impatience to practice his art led to his dropping out of California State University at Long Beach, so that he could become a television director
at Universal Studios for a salary of $225 per week (Cagle, 2002). After serving an apprenticeship in which the fledgling filmmaker worked nearly nonstop, directing episodes of Night Gallery, Marcus
Welby, M.D., and Columbo, among others, Spielberg finally received his first big screen assignment, Duel, released in 1971 (Solomon, 1999). This was the first of many films that would
articulate Spielbergs ethical concerns, that of senseless violence which can claim anyone as a potential victim (which would also be addressed in his first blockbuster, Jaws) (ONeill, 1996). His
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