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