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