Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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With films like Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, and many more... It's easy to agree that Steven Spielberg is the most iconic filmmaker of all time.

But Spielberg wasn't always the box-office giant he is today. So how did he go from a bullied kid in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a living legend?

Find out in this first episode of our documentary series, Hollywood History.

0:00 - JAWS, the sinking ship
1:00 - growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio
1:26 - Discovering the movie theater
1:51 - Making short films
2:33 - Moving to LA
2:47 - Amblin
3:18 - Night Gallery
4:32 - Sugarland Express
5:06 - JAWS, the novel
6:15 - Shooting on the ocean
6:48 - The shark
8:48 - Hide the shark
10:10 - When JAWS hit theaters
11:16 - The Oscars
13:20 - Spielberg's legacy

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