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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
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
LIGHT & MAGIC
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Music by John Williams
Five Came Back
The Bloody Hundredth
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
Return to Jurassic Park
Production Credits
The Bloody Hundredth
Saving Private Ryan
The Flintstones
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Tiny Toons Looniversity
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Eagle Eye
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War Horse
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Lincoln
Harry and the Hendersons
Jurassic Park III
Return to Jurassic Park
United States of Tara
Deep Impact
Jurassic Park
Why We Hate
Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Maestro
Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
The Psychiatrist
The Adventures of Tintin
Twisters
1941
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Poltergeist
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Last Days
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Turning
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Amazing Stories
Young Sherlock Holmes
Transformers: The Last Knight
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Smash
Three O'Clock High
Memoirs of a Geisha
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Catch Me If You Can
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Animaniacs
Back to the Future Part III
The Lovely Bones
Balto
Transformers One
Five Came Back
Bridge of Spies
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
Columbo
Men in Black
Monster House
Amazing Stories
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Flags of Our Fathers
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Family Dog
Men in Black: International
The Fabelmans
Minority Report
Bumblebee
The Mask of Zorro
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
The Color Purple
Real Steel
The Goonies
The French Dispatch
Trail Mix-Up
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The BFG
Jurassic World Rebirth
Gremlins
Casper
Schindler's List
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Joe Versus the Volcano
Falling Skies
Night Gallery
Cape Fear
Jaws
Back to the Future Part II
Men in Black II
War of the Worlds
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Cowboys & Aliens
Twister
Letters from Iwo Jima
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Music by John Williams
seaQuest DSV
The Color Purple
Super 8
Life on Our Planet
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Fixer
The Pacific
Poltergeist
Hook
The Challenger
An American Tail
Masters of the Air
Oslo
Roller Coaster Rabbit
The Post
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
The Terminal
Fudge
Under the Dome
Ready Player One
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Back to the Future
Transformers
The Money Pit
First Man
Band of Brothers
Shrek
West Side Story
The Legend of Zorro
The Land Before Time
Extant
Munich
Men in Black 3
Halo
Arachnophobia
Jurassic World
True Grit
The Haunting
All the Way
Jurassic World Dominion
The Name of the Game
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