Steven Spielberg effects provided by friend George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic company, the film would eventually become the highest-grossing film of all time (at the worldwide box office) with $914.7 million. This would be the third time that one of Spielberg's films became the highest-grossing film ever. Spielberg's next film, "Schindler's List", was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. "Schindler's List" earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture). With the film a huge success at the box office, Spielberg
Arnold Spielberg systems, including price look up on a large drum storage unit, calculating sales transactions including sales tax, discounts, and credit verification. In 1957, Spielberg began working for General Electric. Here he was instrumental in developing the G.E. 200 series. The GE-225 was derived from the GE-312 and 412 Process control computers. Spielberg and Charles "Chuck" H. Propster had worked together at RCA on BIZMAC before designing the GE-225, introduced in 1960. Spielberg married Leah Posner (1920–2017) in 1945 and had four children, son Steven Spielberg and daughters Anne Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg, and Sue Spielberg. Spielberg has fourteen grandchildren and twenty