Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, writer and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spielberg is the recipient of various accolades, including three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center honor, four Directors Guild of America Awards, two BAFTA Awards, a Cecil B. DeMille Award and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". 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 gained acclaim from critics and audiences. He made his directorial film debut with The Sugarland Express (1974), and became a household name with the 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws. He then directed huge box office successes Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the Indiana Jones original trilogy (1981-89). Spielberg subsequently explored drama in the acclaimed The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). After a brief hiatus, Spielberg directed the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park (1993), the highest-grossing film ever at the time, and the Holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993), which has often been listed as one of the greatest films ever made. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the latter and for the 1998 World War II epic Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg continued in the 2000s with science fiction films A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002) and War of the Worlds (2005). He also directed the adventure films The Adventures of Tintin (2011) 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 musical West Side Story (2021); and the semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans (2022). He has been a producer on several successful films, including Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) as well as the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks, and has served as a producer for many successful films and television series. He is also known for his long collaboration with the composer John Williams, with whom he has worked for all but five of his feature films. Several of Spielberg's works are among the highest-grossing and greatest films all time. Premiere ranked him first place in the list of 100 Most Powerful People in Movies in 2003. In 2013, Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Music by John Williams as Self - Filmmaker
- 2024 · Child Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Steven Spielberg, the "New Hollywood" prodigy as Self
- 2024 · François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay as Self
- 2024 · Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV as Self - Director (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Bloody Hundredth as Self - Filmmaker
- 2023 · Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
- 2023 · Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain as Self
- 2023 · Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- 2023 · 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp as Self
- 2023 · Albert Brooks: Defending My Life as Self
- 2023 · The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
- 2023 · The Moviemakers: Spielberg as
- 2023 · Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · The Fabelmans: A Family in Film as Self
- 2023 · UFOs: Investigating the Unknown as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America as Self
- 2022 · Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Producer, Writer, Director
- 2022 · The Stories of West Side Story as Self
- 2021 · Something's Coming: West Side Story as Self
- 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2021 · Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2021 · I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Challenger: The Final Flight as Self - Director "Close Encounters" (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Some Good News as Self
- 2019 · Filip och Fredrik träffar Steven Spielberg - i en minut as Self
- 2019 · Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2019 · Peter Falk Versus Columbo as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return as Self
- 2018 · Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia as Self
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2017 · How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · Three Kinds of Close Encounters as Self
- 2017 · The Untameable Kirk Douglas as Self - Filmmaker
- 2017 · Five Came Back as Self
- 2017 · Five Came Back as Self
- 2017 · Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- 2016 · Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Filmmaker
- 2016 · Video Games: The New Masters of the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book as Self
- 2016 · Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
- 2015 · Back in Time as Self
- 2015 · Everything Is Copy as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Concert for Valor as Self
- 2014 · Kubrick Remembered as Self
- 2014 · From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures as Self
- 2014 · Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins as Self
- 2014 · Altman as Self
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
- 2013 · Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth as Self
- 2013 · Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck as Self
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2013 · Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2012 · Stanley Kubrick in Focus as Self
- 2012 · Inventing David Geffen as Self
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Jaws: The Restoration as Self
- 2012 · Close Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2012 · Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of as Self
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011 · AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams as
- 2011 · Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth as Self
- 2011 · Paul as Self
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Jaws: The Inside Story as Self
- 2009 · A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics as Self
- 2009 · The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen as Self
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" as Self
- 2009 · Looking Back to the Future as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as Self
- 2008 · Warner at War as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped as Self
- 2008 · Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' as Self
- 2008 · The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't as Self
- 2008 · Back to Room 666 as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2007 · The Visions of Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 2007 · Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
- 2007 · View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' as Self
- 2007 · Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
- 2007 · Spielberg on Spielberg as Self
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2006 · Searching for Orson as Self
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Self
- 2004 · A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope as Self
- 2004 · Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- 2004 · Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg as Self
- 2004 · Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
- 2004 · Making 'Saving Private Ryan' as Self
- 2004 · Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic as Self - Interviewee
- 2004 · Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand as Self
- 2004 · Leçon de Cinéma as Self
- 2004 · Double Dare as Self
- 2004 · Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation as
- 2004 · Voices from the List as Self - Host
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2003 · The Music of 'Indiana Jones' as Self
- 2003 · Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
- 2003 · The Sound of 'Indiana Jones' as Self
- 2003 · Robert Capa: In Love and War as Self
- 2003 · Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera as Self
- 2003 · Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit as Self
- 2002 · Austin Powers in Goldmember as Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy')
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams as Self
- 2002 · Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues as Self
- 2001 · Vanilla Sky as Guest at David Aames' Party (uncredited)
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · The Making of 'Band of Brothers' as Self (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Joe Spinell Story as (archive footage)
- 2001 · Primetime Glick as
- 2001 · The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
- 2001 · Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
- 2001 · Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg as Self
- 2000 · Kurosawa as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 2000 · American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
- 1999 · Spielberg on Kubrick as Self
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' as Self
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1999 · Remembering Stanley Kubrick as Self
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self
- 1997 · Blacks and Jews as Self
- 1997 · Men in Black as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1997 · Taff as self
- 1997 · In the Teeth of Jaws as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · The Making of '1941' as
- 1996 · The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jaws' as Self
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self
- 1995 · Your Studio and You as Backlot Tour Guide
- 1995 · In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1992 · The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1991 · Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. as Self
- 1990 · The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson as Self
- 1990 · Tiny Toon Adventures as White Rabbit (voice)
- 1990 · Tiny Toon Adventures as Steven Spielberg (voice)
- 1990 · Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 1990 · Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration! as
- 1987 · The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
- 1987 · The Tracey Ullman Show as
- 1986 · The Making of Back to the Future as Self
- 1985 · The Making of 'The Goonies' as Self
- 1985 · Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough as Self
- 1985 · David Lean: A Life in Film as Self
- 1984 · The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' as Self
- 1984 · Gremlins as Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
- 1984 · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
- 1982 · The Making of Poltergeist as Self
- 1982 · Room 666 as Self
- 1981 · The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as Self
- 1981 · Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · The Blues Brothers as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
- 1980 · Star Wars: Music by John Williams as Self
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · The South Bank Show as Self
- 1977 · Bitte umblättern as Self
- 1977 · UFO's Are Here! as Self
- 1976 · TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1975 · Jaws as Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited)
- 1975 · Lost in the Garden of the World as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · New England Our Way as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · Something Evil as Party Guest
- 1971 · Directed by John Ford as Self (2009)
- 1968 · Amblin' as annoying guy in van
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1967 · Titel, Thesen, Temperamente as Self
- 1959 · The Last Gun as Teenage Boy
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self