Steven Spielberg

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

216

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-12-18 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Steven Spielberg

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Jaws

    Jaws

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • Gremlins

    Gremlins

  • Men in Black

    Men in Black

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Taff

    Taff

  • The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • Tiny Toon Adventures

    Tiny Toon Adventures

  • Tiny Toon Adventures

    Tiny Toon Adventures

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Shark Is Still Working

    The Shark Is Still Working

  • Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

    Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

  • Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  • Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

    Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

  • The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

    The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

  • The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers

  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Return to Jurassic Park

  • The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

  • From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

    From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

  • Paul

    Paul

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Austin Powers in Goldmember

  • Kubrick Remembered

    Kubrick Remembered

  • The Tracey Ullman Show

    The Tracey Ullman Show

  • Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg

    Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg

  • Video Games: The New Masters of the World

    Video Games: The New Masters of the World

  • The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

    The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

  • Primetime Glick

    Primetime Glick

  • Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

  • James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

    James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • The Stories of West Side Story

    The Stories of West Side Story

  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

  • The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

    The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

  • The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

    The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

  • Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

    Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

  • Mr. Scorsese

    Mr. Scorsese

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

  • Some Good News

    Some Good News

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Jaws: The Inside Story

    Jaws: The Inside Story

  • Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

    Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

  • Something Evil

    Something Evil

  • Something's Coming: West Side Story

    Something's Coming: West Side Story

  • Five Came Back

    Five Came Back

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Altman

    Altman

  • Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

    Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

  • The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

    The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit

    How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit

  • Mifune: The Last Samurai

    Mifune: The Last Samurai

  • Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

    Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • Everything Is Copy

    Everything Is Copy

  • Challenger: The Final Flight

    Challenger: The Final Flight

  • Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

    Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

  • Music by John Williams

    Music by John Williams

  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

    Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • The Bloody Hundredth

    The Bloody Hundredth

  • The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

    The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

  • Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

    Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

    The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

  • Five Came Back

    Five Came Back

  • Lost in the Garden of the World

    Lost in the Garden of the World

  • The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

    The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

  • Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

    Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

  • The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

    The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

  • The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

    The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

  • Martin Scorsese Directs

    Martin Scorsese Directs

  • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

  • Back in Time

    Back in Time

  • The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

    The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

  • UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

    UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

  • SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

    Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

  • The Making of 'The Lost World'

    The Making of 'The Lost World'

  • AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

    AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    The Making of 'Jaws'

  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    In the Teeth of Jaws

  • The Making of '1941'

    The Making of '1941'

  • Stanley Kubrick in Focus

    Stanley Kubrick in Focus

  • The Concert for Valor

    The Concert for Valor

  • Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

  • Peter Falk Versus Columbo

    Peter Falk Versus Columbo

  • Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

    Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

  • Looking Back to the Future

    Looking Back to the Future

  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

  • Denzel Washington: A Model American

    Denzel Washington: A Model American

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg

    Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg

  • Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

  • The Magical World of Chuck Jones

    The Magical World of Chuck Jones

  • Three Kinds of Close Encounters

    Three Kinds of Close Encounters

  • The Beginning: Making Episode I

    The Beginning: Making Episode I

  • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

    The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

  • Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

    Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

  • Spielberg on Kubrick

    Spielberg on Kubrick

  • Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

    Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

  • A Century of Cinema

    A Century of Cinema

  • American Beauty: Look Closer...

    American Beauty: Look Closer...

  • Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

    Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

    Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

  • Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

    Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

  • TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

    TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

  • Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

    Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

  • Inventing David Geffen

    Inventing David Geffen

  • The Making of 'The Goonies'

    The Making of 'The Goonies'

  • The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

    The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

  • The Joe Spinell Story

    The Joe Spinell Story

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Fog City Mavericks

    Fog City Mavericks

  • Creating A.I.

    Creating A.I.

  • Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Score: A Film Music Documentary

  • The Making of Back to the Future

    The Making of Back to the Future

  • Mike Nichols: An American Master

    Mike Nichols: An American Master

  • Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia

    Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia

  • Robert Capa: In Love and War

    Robert Capa: In Love and War

  • Tales from the Future

    Tales from the Future

  • Voices from the List

    Voices from the List

  • Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

  • Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy

    Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy

  • George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

  • Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

    Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

  • François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

    François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

  • Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

    Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

  • Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan

    Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan

  • Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit

    Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit

  • Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

    Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

  • Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

    Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

  • The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams

    The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams

  • The Sci-Fi Boys

    The Sci-Fi Boys

  • The 90s Greatest

    The 90s Greatest

  • Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return

    Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return

  • Легенды кино

    Легенды кино

  • The 'E.T.' Journals

    The 'E.T.' Journals

  • UFO's Are Here!

    UFO's Are Here!

  • The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

    The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

  • Spielberg on Spielberg

    Spielberg on Spielberg

  • Blacks and Jews

    Blacks and Jews

  • Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

  • The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

    The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

  • Milius

    Milius

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

  • Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

    Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • The Untameable Kirk Douglas

    The Untameable Kirk Douglas

  • Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe

    Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe

  • Jaws: The Restoration

    Jaws: The Restoration

  • The Making of Poltergeist

    The Making of Poltergeist

  • Star Wars: Music by John Williams

    Star Wars: Music by John Williams

  • Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

    Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

  • Searching for Orson

    Searching for Orson

  • The Moviemakers: Spielberg

    The Moviemakers: Spielberg

  • Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

  • Warner at War

    Warner at War

  • Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg

    Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg

  • Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

    Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

  • Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

    Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

  • The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'

    The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'

  • A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

    A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

  • Trumbull Land

    Trumbull Land

  • A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

    A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

  • Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

    Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

  • Lincoln: An American Journey

    Lincoln: An American Journey

  • New England Our Way

    New England Our Way

  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

  • Remembering Stanley Kubrick

    Remembering Stanley Kubrick

  • AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams

    AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams

  • Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues

    Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues

  • David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

  • Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

    Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

  • Filip och Fredrik träffar Steven Spielberg - i en minut

    Filip och Fredrik träffar Steven Spielberg - i en minut

  • The Middle Passage

    The Middle Passage

  • In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel

    In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel

  • The Making of 'The Color Purple'

    The Making of 'The Color Purple'