Steven Spielberg

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

222

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-12-18 (79 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

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Jaws

    Jaws

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Drew Barrymore Show

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Men in Black

    Men in Black

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Tiny Toon Adventures

    Tiny Toon Adventures

  • Tiny Toon Adventures

    Tiny Toon Adventures

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Taff

    Taff

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  • Kubrick Remembered

    Kubrick Remembered

  • The Tracey Ullman Show

    The Tracey Ullman Show

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Gremlins

    Gremlins

  • Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

    Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Room 666

    Room 666

  • The Blues Brothers

    The Blues Brothers

  • The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

  • Altman

    Altman

  • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

    The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

  • Paul

    Paul

  • James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

    James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

  • Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Austin Powers in Goldmember

  • Breakdown: 1975

    Breakdown: 1975

  • Reunited Apart

    Reunited Apart

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • LIGHT & MAGIC

    LIGHT & MAGIC

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

  • The Directors

    The Directors

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • American Beauty: Look Closer...

    American Beauty: Look Closer...

  • Mr. Scorsese

    Mr. Scorsese

  • Your Studio and You

    Your Studio and You

  • An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

  • Five Came Back

    Five Came Back

  • Primetime Glick

    Primetime Glick

  • UFO's Are Here!

    UFO's Are Here!

  • Something Evil

    Something Evil

  • Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy

    Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy

  • Leçon de Cinéma

    Leçon de Cinéma

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Challenger: The Final Flight

    Challenger: The Final Flight

  • Some Good News

    Some Good News

  • Directed by John Ford

    Directed by John Ford

  • Легенды кино

    Легенды кино

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Martin Scorsese Directs

    Martin Scorsese Directs

  • The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

    The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

  • Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

  • Fog City Mavericks

    Fog City Mavericks

  • Inventing David Geffen

    Inventing David Geffen

  • John Candy: I Like Me

    John Candy: I Like Me

  • UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

    UFOs: Investigating the Unknown

  • Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master

    Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master

  • R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

  • The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

    The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

  • Blacks and Jews

    Blacks and Jews

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • Voices from the List

    Voices from the List

  • Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

    Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

  • Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

    Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

  • Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

  • Mike Nichols: An American Master

    Mike Nichols: An American Master

  • Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

    Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

  • The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

    The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

  • Back in Time

    Back in Time

  • Denzel Washington: A Model American

    Denzel Washington: A Model American

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

    Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

  • Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

    Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Return to Jurassic Park

  • Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

  • Mifune: The Last Samurai

    Mifune: The Last Samurai

  • Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

    Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

  • Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia

    Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia

  • The Bloody Hundredth

    The Bloody Hundredth

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • Music by John Williams

    Music by John Williams

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • Score: A Film Music Documentary

    Score: A Film Music Documentary

  • Milius

    Milius

  • Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg

    Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg

  • Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

    Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Five Came Back

    Five Came Back

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Close Up

    Close Up

  • 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

  • Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

    Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

  • The Making Of The Goonies

    The Making Of The Goonies

  • The 'E.T.' Journals

    The 'E.T.' Journals

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

  • The Untameable Kirk Douglas

    The Untameable Kirk Douglas

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

    A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

  • Remembering Stanley Kubrick

    Remembering Stanley Kubrick

  • Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

    Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

  • The Concert for Valor

    The Concert for Valor

  • Tales from the Future

    Tales from the Future

  • The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

    The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen

  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

    Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

  • 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

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

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

  • The 90s Greatest

    The 90s Greatest

  • Everything Is Copy

    Everything Is Copy

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

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

  • A Century of Cinema

    A Century of Cinema

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

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

  • Something's Coming: West Side Story

    Something's Coming: West Side Story

  • Three Kinds of Close Encounters

    Three Kinds of Close Encounters

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

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

  • Star Wars: Music by John Williams

    Star Wars: Music by John Williams

  • Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

    Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

  • Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

    Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

  • The Shark Is Still Working

    The Shark Is Still Working

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

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

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

    From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

  • Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan

    Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan

  • The Stories of West Side Story

    The Stories of West Side Story

  • The Universal Story

    The Universal Story

  • The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

    The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

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

    Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

  • Peter Falk Versus Columbo

    Peter Falk Versus Columbo

  • The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

    The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

  • George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

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

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

  • Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

    Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

  • In the Teeth of Jaws

    In the Teeth of Jaws

  • Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

    Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

  • David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

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

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

  • Looking Back to the Future

    Looking Back to the Future

  • Stanley Kubrick in Focus

    Stanley Kubrick in Focus

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

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

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

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

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

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

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

  • Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

    Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

  • Warner at War

    Warner at War

  • Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

    Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

  • The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

    The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

  • The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

  • The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

    The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

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

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

  • Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return

    Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return

  • The Making of 'Jaws'

    The Making of 'Jaws'

  • Lincoln: An American Journey

    Lincoln: An American Journey

  • The Magical World of Chuck Jones

    The Magical World of Chuck Jones

  • Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe

    Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe

  • The Sci-Fi Boys

    The Sci-Fi Boys

  • The Beginning: Making Episode I

    The Beginning: Making Episode I

  • Trumbull Land

    Trumbull Land

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

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

  • Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

  • Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

    Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

  • The Making of 'The Lost World'

    The Making of 'The Lost World'

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

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

  • The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

    The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

  • Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

    Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

  • Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

  • View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

    View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

  • Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit

    Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit

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

    A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

  • The Joe Spinell Story

    The Joe Spinell Story

  • The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

    The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

  • Filip and Fredrik meet Steven Spielberg - for a minute

    Filip and Fredrik meet Steven Spielberg - for a minute

  • The Middle Passage

    The Middle Passage

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

    Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand

  • A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

    A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

  • Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues

    Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues

  • François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

    François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

  • Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

    Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

  • The Making of Back to the Future

    The Making of Back to the Future

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

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

  • The Moviemakers: Spielberg

    The Moviemakers: Spielberg

  • Creating A.I.

    Creating A.I.

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

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

  • Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

    Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

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

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

  • The Making of '1941'

    The Making of '1941'

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

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

  • TVTV Looks at the Oscars

    TVTV Looks at the Oscars

  • TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

    TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

  • Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg

    Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg

  • Spielberg on Spielberg

    Spielberg on Spielberg

  • Jaws: The Inside Story

    Jaws: The Inside Story

  • Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

    Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

  • Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

  • Spielberg on Kubrick

    Spielberg on 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

  • Lost in the Garden of the World

    Lost in the Garden of the World

  • The Making of Poltergeist

    The Making of Poltergeist

  • Video Games: The New Masters of the World

    Video Games: The New Masters of the World

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

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

  • The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

    The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

  • Back to Room 666

    Back to Room 666

  • Robert Capa: In Love and War

    Robert Capa: In Love and War

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

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

  • The E.T. Reunion

    The E.T. Reunion

  • The Making of 'The Color Purple'

    The Making of 'The Color Purple'

  • How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit

    How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit

  • In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel

    In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel

  • Searching for Orson

    Searching for Orson

  • New England Our Way

    New England Our Way

  • Jaws: The Restoration

    Jaws: The Restoration

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look Back

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look Back

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Celebration

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Celebration