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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.
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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
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Early Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
60 Minutes
Honest Trailers
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Primetime Glick
Challenger: The Final Flight
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Vanilla Sky
Men in Black
The Blues Brothers
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Gremlins
Jaws
Paul
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
The Concert for Valor
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Light & Magic
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
The Light and Magic of 'Indiana Jones'
Adventures in Post-Production
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
The Stunts of 'Indiana Jones'
Five Came Back
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
The Bloody Hundredth
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: A Special Look
Return to Jurassic Park
Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Production Credits
Maestro
The Name of the Game
Shrek
Men in Black 3
Hook
The Land Before Time
Masters of the Air
Minority Report
Eagle Eye
Joe Versus the Volcano
West Side Story
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Extant
Super 8
Columbo
Untitled Jurassic World Movie
Five Came Back
Band of Brothers
1941
Jurassic Park
Men in Black: International
Tummy Trouble
Amazing Stories
The Post
True Grit
The Bloody Hundredth
Poltergeist
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Trail Mix-Up
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Flintstones
Fudge
The Haunting
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
Jurassic World Dominion
Men in Black II
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Halo
seaQuest DSV
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Catch Me If You Can
Saving Private Ryan
Flags of Our Fathers
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Gremlins
Bumblebee
The Goonies
The Color Purple
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Return to Jurassic Park
First Man
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lovely Bones
The BFG
The Turning
Oslo
Jaws
Men in Black
Untitled Bee Gees Biopic
Jurassic World
The French Dispatch
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Bridge of Spies
The Fabelmans
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Animaniacs
Ready Player Two
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Twister
Casper
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Last Days
Back to the Future Part II
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Matt Helm
The Pacific
Cowboys & Aliens
All the Way
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Poltergeist
Smash
Transformers: The Last Knight
War of the Worlds
Why We Hate
The Mask of Zorro
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Real Steel
Twisters
The Color Purple
Under the Dome
Ready Player One
The Adventures of Tintin
Tiny Toons Looniversity
Balto
Transformers One
Back to the Future
Life on Our Planet
United States of Tara
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Family Dog
The Money Pit
Jurassic Park III
Young Sherlock Holmes
Transformers
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Back to the Future Part III
Munich
Letters from Iwo Jima
Night Gallery
Falling Skies
Deep Impact
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The Legend of Zorro
An American Tail
Schindler's List
Amazing Stories
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
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