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Steven Allan Spielberg (/ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ/ SPEEL-burg) 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. Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films ever. 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 film Duel (1971), which Barry Diller approved. 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 (1981–1989). He explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). In 1993, Spielberg directed the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film ever, and the epic historical 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), 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 and has produced many successful films and television series, including Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Band of Brothers (2001). He has also collaborated extensively with the composer John Williams, with whom he has worked on all but five of his feature films. 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 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". In 2013, Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people, and in 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first-ever 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.
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Steven Allan Spielberg (/ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ/ SPEEL-burg) 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. Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films ever. 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 film Duel (1971), which Barry Diller approved. 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 (1981–1989). He explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). In 1993, Spielberg directed the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film ever, and the epic historical 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), 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 and has produced many successful films and television series, including Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Band of Brothers (2001). He has also collaborated extensively with the composer John Williams, with whom he has worked on all but five of his feature films. 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 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". In 2013, Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people, and in 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first-ever 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
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Early Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
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
The Tracey Ullman Show
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Vanilla Sky
Men in Black
The Blues Brothers
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Gremlins
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Jaws
Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Paul
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
The Concert for Valor
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
In the Teeth of Jaws
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
LIGHT & MAGIC
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Music by John Williams
Five Came Back
The Bloody Hundredth
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
Return to Jurassic Park
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Production Credits
Amazing Stories
Saving Private Ryan
1941
Lincoln
Back to the Future Part II
The Turning
The Last Days
Halo
West Side Story
The Bloody Hundredth
Schindler's List
Transformers
Men in Black 3
The Color Purple
Music by John Williams
seaQuest DSV
All the Way
The Pacific
Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Shrek
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Joe Versus the Volcano
Five Came Back
The Challenger
The Name of the Game
Monster House
The Land Before Time
Masters of the Air
The Legend of Zorro
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
Ready Player One
Super 8
Gremlins
Family Dog
The French Dispatch
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Jurassic Park
Band of Brothers
The Hundred-Foot Journey
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Extant
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Life on Our Planet
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: The Last Knight
True Grit
Harry and the Hendersons
First Man
The Fabelmans
Men in Black
Real Steel
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
An American Tail
Trail Mix-Up
The Color Purple
Jurassic World
The Mask of Zorro
Poltergeist
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Jurassic Park III
Cowboys & Aliens
Transformers One
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Columbo
Under the Dome
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Back to the Future Part III
Young Sherlock Holmes
Fudge
Three O'Clock High
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Balto
Falling Skies
War Horse
Bridge of Spies
Arachnophobia
The Post
Twisters
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Men in Black: International
Back to the Future
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Men in Black II
Twister
Maestro
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Jurassic World Dominion
The Psychiatrist
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Smash
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Terminal
Munich
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Money Pit
Minority Report
The Lovely Bones
Animaniacs
Oslo
War of the Worlds
Hook
Eagle Eye
United States of Tara
The Fixer
Catch Me If You Can
Casper
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Night Gallery
Return to Jurassic Park
The Adventures of Tintin
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Bumblebee
The BFG
Flags of Our Fathers
The Goonies
Deep Impact
Jurassic World Rebirth
Tiny Toons Looniversity
Cape Fear
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Jaws
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
The Haunting
Why We Hate
Memoirs of a Geisha
Poltergeist
The Flintstones
Amazing Stories
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