Steven Spielberg

Directing·Dec 18, 1946·Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and is the highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is the wealthiest celebrity. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television, including Night Gallery and Columbo, he directed the television film Duel (1971), which Barry Diller approved. He made his theatrical debut with The Sugarland Express (1974), also beginning his decades-long collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he has worked for all but five of his theatrical releases. He became a household name with the summer blockbuster Jaws (1975). He continued directing acclaimed escapist box-office hits with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the original Indiana Jones trilogy (1981–1989). He also explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). In 1993, Spielberg directed back-to-back hits with the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film at the time, and the epic historical drama Schindler's List, which has often been ranked among the greatest films ever made. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the latter as well as for the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Spielberg has since directed the science fiction films A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005) and Ready Player One (2018); the historical dramas Amistad (1997), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017); the comedies Catch Me If You Can (2002) and The Terminal (2004); the animated film The Adventures of Tintin (2011); the musical West Side Story (2021); and the family drama The Fabelmans (2022). Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures, and he has served as a producer for many successful films and television series, among them Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985), An American Tail (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Animaniacs (1993), Freakazoid! (1995), Twister (1996), Band of Brothers (2001) and Transformers (2007). Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films of all time. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 2013, Time listed him among the 100 most influential people. In 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first-ever Time 100 Impact Award in the US. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Spielberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Disclosure Day2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Fabelmans2022 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
West Side Story2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Ready Player One2018 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Post2017 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The BFG2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Bridge of Spies2015 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Lincoln2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
War Horse2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Adventures of Tintin2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A Timeless Call2008 · Director	Director
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008 · Director	Director
Munich2005 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
War of the Worlds2005 · Director	Director
The Terminal2004 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Catch Me If You Can2002 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Minority Report2002 · Director	Director
A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Unfinished Journey1999 · Director	Director
Saving Private Ryan1998 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Amistad1997 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997 · Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited), Director	Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited), Director
Schindler's List1993 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Jurassic Park1993 · Director	Director
Hook1991 · Director	Director
Amazing Stories: The Movie II1990 · Director	Director
Always1989 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989 · Director	Director
Empire of the Sun1987 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Amazing Stories1986 · Director	Director
The Color Purple1985 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1984 · Tourist at Airport (uncredited), Director	Tourist at Airport (uncredited), Director
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · Director	Director
19411979 · Director	Director
Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Jaws1975 · Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited), Director	Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited), Director
The Sugarland Express1974 · Director	Director
Savage!1973 · Director	Director
Something Evil1972 · Party Guest, Director	Party Guest, Director
Duel1971 · Director	Director
Night Gallery1969 · Director	Director
Amblin'1968 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
UUntitled Steven Spielberg Western FilmDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
FirelightDirector, Writer	Director, Writer