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What Is Steve McQueen's Net Worth?
In 1995, Steve met art curator Okwui Enwezor at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Enwezor became his mentor. In the early years of his career, McQueen directed the short films "Bear" (1993), "Five Easy Pieces" (1995), "Just Above My Head" (1996), "Stage" (1996), "Exodus"(1997), and "Deadpan" (1997), and he appeared in some of his early work. In 1999, he won the Turner Prize, which is given to a British artist that created an "outstanding exhibition or other presentation." In 2006, Steve traveled to Iraq to serve as an official war artist, and he subsequently created a piece titled "Queen and Country" in which he presented portraits of British soldiers who died in that war as sheets of stamps. His first feature film was 2008's "Hunger," a drama about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. McQueen co-wrote the film with Enda Walsh, and it starredMichael Fassbender. He reunited with Fassbender for 2011's "Shame," which he co-wrote with Abi Morgan. Fassbender won numerous awards for his performance in "Shame," and film criticRoger Ebertnamed it the second-best film of the year.
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Sir Steve McQueen is a British director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $20 million. Steve McQueen (not to be confused with thelate American actor of the same name) won an Academy Award for the 2013 film "12 Years a Slave," which he directed and produced. Steve wrote and directed the films "Hunger" (2008), "Shame" (2011) and "Widows" (2018) and the anthology series "Small Axe" (2020), and he also produced "Widows" and "Small Axe." McQueen directed and produced the 2023 documentary "Occupied City" and the 2021 BBC docuseries "Uprising" as well, and he has directed short films such as "Exodus" (1997), "Gravesend" (2007), and "Grenfell" (2023). Steve was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002 and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to film during the 2020 New Year Honours. In 2014, "Time" magazine included Steve on its list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World."
Steve McQueen was born Steve Rodney McQueen on October 9, 1969, in London, England. His Bajan father and Grenadian mother both migrated to England. Steve attended Drayton Manor High School, and in a 2014 interview with "The Guardian," McQueen stated that he had been placed in a class for students that the school believed were best suited for "manual labour, more plumbers and builders, stuff like that." He also revealed in the interview, "I've never said this before, ever. But I was dyslexic. And I've hidden it, because I was so ashamed. I thought it meant I was stupid. Also, I had a lazy eye. So I had a patch. When you're in front of the chalk board, you still can't f***ing see. So it was a terrible start. And people make judgments very quick. So you're put to one side very quickly." Steve said that when he returned to the school 15 years later to present achievement awards, the new head told him that there had been institutional racism at the school at the time he attended. McQueen studied art at West London College and Ealing, Hammersmith, art and design at the Chelsea College of Arts, and fine art at the University of London's Goldsmiths College. He became interested in film during his time at Goldsmiths College, and after he left the school, he briefly attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Steve and his wife, screenwriter/director/producer Bianca Stigter, have two children, Alex and Dexter. The family has owned homes in London and Amsterdam. Stigter wrote the 2023 documentary "Occupied City," which McQueen directed. Steve was a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, but he told "The Guardian" in 2014, "I gave up football. It affected my day too much. It's just stupid." McQueen was featured on the Powerlist "10 most influential black people in Britain" list in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Steve's 2013 film "12 Years a Slave" grossed $187.7 million at the box office and won an Academy Award for Best Picture. McQueen was nominated for Best Director,Lupita Nyong'owon for Best Supporting Actress, andChiwetel Ejioforand Michael Fassbender earned nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. In 2023, "12 Years a Slave" was preserved in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Next, Steve directed, co-wrote (with "Gone Girl" authorGillian Flynn), and produced 2018's "Widows," which starredViola Davis,Michelle Rodriguez,Elizabeth Debicki,Cynthia Erivo,Colin Farrell,Brian Tyree Henry,Daniel Kaluuya,Robert Duvall, andLiam Neeson. The thriller was included on several lists of the year's top 10 films and was ranked #1 by Richard Roeper of the "Chicago Sun-Times" and David Sims of "The Atlantic." In 2020 and 2021, McQueen focused on television, directing and producing the BBC One anthology series "Small Axe" and the BBC docuseries "Uprising." His 2023 documentary "Occupied City" earned him a L'Œil d'or nomination at the Cannes Film Festival. In October 2021, it was announced that Steve would be writing, directing, and producing the historical drama "Blitz."
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