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Steven Spielberg KBE
Spielberg in 2023
Born	(1946-12-18) December 18, 1946 (age 78) Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Alma mater	California State University, Long Beach (BA)
Occupations	Film director producer screenwriter
Years active	1959\u2013present
Works	Filmography unrealized
Spouses	\n Amy Irving \n (m. 1985; div. 1989) \n Kate Capshaw (m. 1991)
Children	6, including Sasha, Sawyer and Destry
Father	Arnold Spielberg
Relatives	\n Anne Spielberg (sister) \n Jessica Capshaw (stepdaughter) \n
Awards	Full list
Signature

Steven Allan Spielberg (/\u02c8spi\u02d0lb\u025c\u02d0r\u0261/; 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 film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history.^[1] Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as \"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant\".^[2]^[3]\n

Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona.^[4] 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), his first full-length film which later received an international theatrical release. He made his theatrical debut with The Sugarland Express (1974) and became a household name with the summer blockbuster Jaws (1975). He directed more escapist box office successes with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the original Indiana Jones trilogy (1981\u201389). He explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987).\n

In 1993, Spielberg directed back-to-back blockbuster hits with the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film ever at the time, and the Holocaust drama Schindler's List, 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 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), and War of the Worlds (2005); the historical dramas Amistad (1997), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017); the comedy The Terminal (2004); the animated film The Adventures of Tintin (2011); the musical West Side Story (2021); and the semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans (2022).\n

Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks, 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), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Band of Brothers (2001). He has had a long collaboration with the composer John Williams, with whom he has worked for all but five of his feature films.^[5]^[6] Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films ever.^[7] In 2013, Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people,^[8] and in 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first ever Time 100 Impact Award in the US.^[9]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Distributor\n
1964\n	Firelight\n	Phoenix Theatre\n
1971	Duel	Universal Pictures\n
1974	The Sugarland Express\n
1975	Jaws\n
1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Columbia Pictures\n
1979	1941	Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures\n
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures\n
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Universal Pictures\n
1983\n	Twilight Zone: The Movie\n	Warner Bros.\n
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Paramount Pictures\n
1985	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.\n
1987	Empire of the Sun\n
1989\n	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures\n
Always	Universal Pictures\n
1991	Hook	TriStar Pictures\n
1993	Jurassic Park	Universal Pictures\n
Schindler's List\n
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park\n
Amistad	DreamWorks Pictures\n
1998	Saving Private Ryan	DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures\n
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures\n
2002	Minority Report	20th Century Fox\n
Catch Me If You Can	DreamWorks Pictures\n
2004	The Terminal\n
2005	War of the Worlds	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures\n
Munich	Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures\n
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures\n
2011	The Adventures of Tintin	Paramount Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing\n
War Horse	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\n
2012	Lincoln	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox\n
2015	Bridge of Spies\n
2016	The BFG	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\n
2017	The Post	20th Century Fox\n
2018	Ready Player One	Warner Bros. Pictures\n
2021	West Side Story	20th Century Studios\n
2022	The Fabelmans	Universal Pictures\n

Year\n	Title\n	Academy Awards\n	BAFTA Awards\n	Golden Globe Awards\n
Nominations\n	Wins\n	Nominations\n	Wins\n	Nominations\n	Wins\n
1975\n	Jaws\n	4\n	3\n	7\n	1\n	4\n	1\n
1977\n	Close Encounters of the Third Kind\n	9\n	2\n	9\n	1\n	4\n	\n
1979\n	1941\n	3\n	\n	\n	\n	5\n	\n
1981\n	Raiders of the Lost Ark\n	9\n	5\n	7\n	1\n	1\n	\n
1982\n	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\n	9\n	4\n	12\n	1\n	5\n	2\n
1984\n	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\n	2\n	1\n	4\n	1\n	\n	\n
1985\n	The Color Purple\n	11\n	\n	1\n	\n	5\n	1\n
1987\n	Empire of the Sun\n	6\n	\n	6\n	3\n	2\n	\n
1989\n	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade\n	3\n	1\n	3\n	\n	1\n	\n
1991\n	Hook\n	5\n	\n	\n	\n	1\n	\n
1993\n	Jurassic Park\n	3\n	3\n	3\n	2\n	\n	\n
Schindler's List\n	12\n	7\n	13\n	7\n	6\n	3\n
1997\n	The Lost World: Jurassic Park\n	1\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n
Amistad\n	4\n	\n	\n	\n	4\n	\n
1998\n	Saving Private Ryan\n	11\n	5\n	10\n	2\n	5\n	2\n
2001\n	A.I. Artificial Intelligence\n	2\n	\n	1\n	\n	3\n	\n
2002\n	Minority Report\n	1\n	\n	1\n	\n	\n	\n
Catch Me If You Can\n	2\n	\n	4\n	1\n	1\n	\n
2005\n	War of the Worlds\n	3\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n
Munich\n	5\n	\n	\n	\n	2\n	\n
2008\n	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\n	\n	\n	1\n	\n	\n	\n
2011\n	The Adventures of Tintin\n	1\n	\n	2\n	\n	1\n	1\n
War Horse\n	6\n	\n	5\n	\n	2\n	\n
2012\n	Lincoln\n	12\n	2\n	10\n	1\n	7\n	1\n
2015\n	Bridge of Spies\n	6\n	1\n	9\n	1\n	1\n	\n
2016\n	The BFG\n	\n	\n	1\n	\n	\n	\n
2017\n	The Post\n	2\n	\n	\n	\n	6\n	\n
2018\n	Ready Player One\n	1\n	\n	1\n	\n	\n	\n
2021\n	West Side Story\n	7\n	1\n	5\n	1\n	4\n	3\n
2022\n	The Fabelmans\n	7\n	\n	1\n	\n	5\n	2\n
Total\n	147\n	35\n	116\n	22\n	75\n	16\n

v t e Steven Spielberg
\n Accolades \n Bibliography \n Filmography \n Unrealized projects \n
Films directed	\n Firelight (1964) \n Slipstream (1967) \n Amblin' (1968) \n Night Gallery (1969; segment \"Eyes\") \n Duel (1971) \n Something Evil (1972) \n Savage (1973) \n The Sugarland Express (1974) \n Jaws (1975) \n Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) \n 1941 (1979) \n Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) \n E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) \n Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) \n Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) \n The Color Purple (1985) \n Empire of the Sun (1987) \n Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) \n Always (1989) \n Hook (1991) \n Jurassic Park (1993) \n Schindler's List (1993) \n The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) \n Amistad (1997) \n Saving Private Ryan (1998) \n A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) \n Minority Report (2002) \n Catch Me If You Can (2002) \n The Terminal (2004) \n War of the Worlds (2005) \n Munich (2005) \n Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) \n The Adventures of Tintin (2011) \n War Horse (2011) \n Lincoln (2012) \n Bridge of Spies (2015) \n The BFG (2016) \n The Post (2017) \n Ready Player One (2018) \n West Side Story (2021) \n The Fabelmans (2022) \n
Films written	\n Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) \n Poltergeist (1982) \n The Goonies (1985) \n
Films produced	\n An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) \n Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) \n Flags of Our Fathers (2006) \n Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) \n Super 8 (2011) \n The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) \n Maestro (2023) \n The Color Purple (2023) \n Music by John Williams (2024) \n The Thursday Murder Club (2025) \n Hamnet (TBA) \n
Television	\n \"L.A. 2017\" (1971) \n Amazing Stories (1985\u20131987) \n High Incident (1996\u20131997) \n Invasion America (1998) \n
Video games	\n The Dig (1995) \n Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) \n Medal of Honor (1999) \n Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) \n Boom Blox (2008) \n Boom Blox Bash Party (2009) \n
Family	\n Amy Irving (first wife) \n Kate Capshaw (second wife) \n Destry Spielberg (daughter) \n Sasha Spielberg (daughter) \n Arnold Spielberg (father) \n Anne Spielberg (sister) \n
Related	\n Amblin Partners\n Amblin Entertainment \n Amblin Television\n DreamWorks Television \n Amblimation \n DreamWorks Pictures\n DreamWorks Animation \n USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education \n Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive \n Sammy Fabelman \n Spielberg (2017) \n \"Cannibal\" (2022) \n

v t e Cannes Film Festival jury presidents
1946\u20131975	\n Georges Huisman (1946) \n Georges Huisman (1947) \n Georges Huisman (1949) \n Andr\u00e9 Maurois (1951) \n Maurice Genevoix (1952) \n Jean Cocteau (1953) \n Jean Cocteau (1954) \n Marcel Pagnol (1955) \n Maurice Lehmann (1956) \n Andr\u00e9 Maurois (1957) \n Marcel Achard (1958) \n Marcel Achard (1959) \n Georges Simenon (1960) \n Jean Giono (1961) \n Tetsur\u014d Furukaki (1962) \n Armand Salacrou (1963) \n Fritz Lang (1964) \n Olivia de Havilland (1965) \n Sophia Loren (1966) \n Alessandro Blasetti (1967) \n Andr\u00e9 Chamson (1968) \n Luchino Visconti (1969) \n Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias (1970) \n Mich\u00e8le Morgan (1971) \n Joseph Losey (1972) \n Ingrid Bergman (1973) \n Ren\u00e9 Clair (1974) \n Jeanne Moreau (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Tennessee Williams (1976) \n Roberto Rossellini (1977) \n Alan J. Pakula (1978) \n Fran\u00e7oise Sagan (1979) \n Kirk Douglas (1980) \n Jacques Deray (1981) \n Giorgio Strehler (1982) \n William Styron (1983) \n Dirk Bogarde (1984) \n Milo\u0161 Forman (1985) \n Sydney Pollack (1986) \n Yves Montand (1987) \n Ettore Scola (1988) \n Wim Wenders (1989) \n Bernardo Bertolucci (1990) \n Roman Polanski (1991) \n G\u00e9rard Depardieu (1992) \n Louis Malle (1993) \n Clint Eastwood (1994) \n Jeanne Moreau (1995) \n Francis Ford Coppola (1996) \n Isabelle Adjani (1997) \n Martin Scorsese (1998) \n David Cronenberg (1999) \n Luc Besson (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Liv Ullmann (2001) \n David Lynch (2002) \n Patrice Ch\u00e9reau (2003) \n Quentin Tarantino (2004) \n Emir Kusturica (2005) \n Wong Kar-wai (2006) \n Stephen Frears (2007) \n Sean Penn (2008) \n Isabelle Huppert (2009) \n Tim Burton (2010) \n Robert De Niro (2011) \n Nanni Moretti (2012) \n Steven Spielberg (2013) \n Jane Campion (2014) \n Joel and Ethan Coen (2015) \n George Miller (2016) \n Pedro Almod\u00f3var (2017) \n Cate Blanchett (2018) \n Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu (2019) \n Spike Lee (2021) \n Vincent Lindon (2022) \n Ruben \u00d6stlund (2023) \n Greta Gerwig (2024) \n Juliette Binoche (2025) \n

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1969\u20131974: On the horizon

1975\u20131980: Magician

1981\u20131992: Impresario

1993\u20131998: Oscar winner

2001\u20132012: Master of technology

2013\u2013present: Recent work

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