Steven Spielberg
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-12-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Steven Spielberg
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2025)
(2024)
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Filmmaker
(2024)
Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker
(2024)
(2024)
Les dents de la mer, l'histoire d'un succès monstre
as Self - cineast (archive)
(2023)
Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2023)
The Moviemakers: Spielberg
as Self
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2021)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2019)
Peter Falk Versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2018)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Five Came Back
as Self
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
(2017)
How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2017)
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Filmmaker
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
(2016)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Filmmaker
(2016)
Video Games: The New Masters of the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Back in Time
as Self
(2015)
Everything Is Copy
as Self
(2014)
The Concert for Valor
as Self
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2014)
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
Altman
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Milius
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
(2012)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Inventing David Geffen
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Jaws: The Restoration
as Self
(2012)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
(2011)
Paul
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
Tales from the Future
as Self
(2010)
Jaws: The Inside Story
as Self
(2009)
(2009)
Looking Back to the Future
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
(2008)
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Warner at War
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
Spielberg on Spielberg
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
(2006)
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
(2006)
Searching for Orson
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
Voices from the List
as Self - Host
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
as Self - Interviewee
(2004)
(2004)
Double Dare
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
Robert Capa: In Love and War
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
(2003)
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy')
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Vanilla Sky
as Guest at David Aames' Party (uncredited)
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
The Joe Spinell Story
as (archive footage)
(2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
(2001)
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
as Self (uncredited)
(2000)
Kurosawa
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self
(1999)
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
Spielberg on Kubrick
as Self
(1999)
(1998)
(1997)
In the Teeth of Jaws
as Self
(1997)
(1997)
Blacks and Jews
as Self
(1997)
Men in Black
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
(1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)
(1997)
The Middle Passage
as Self
(1996)
The Making of '1941'
as Self
(1996)
(1996)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
Your Studio and You
as Backlot Tour Guide
(1995)
The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
(1992)
(1991)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
(1987)
(1986)
(1985)
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
(1985)
The Making of 'The Goonies'
as Self
(1984)
Gremlins
as Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
(1984)
(1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
(1982)
The Making of Poltergeist
as Self
(1982)
Room 666
as Self
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
The Blues Brothers
as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
(1980)
(1977)
UFO's Are Here!
as Self
(1976)
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
(1975)
Jaws
as Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited)
(1975)
(1974)
New England Our Way
as Self
(1972)
Something Evil
as Party Guest
(1971)
Directed by John Ford
as Self (2009)
Crew
King: A Life
Executive Producer
Long Lost
Producer
Ultra
Producer
Ready Player Two
Producer
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Executive Producer
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Producer
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Director, Producer
James
Executive Producer
Amazing Stories: The Movie I
Director
Cola Wars
Producer
Old Man's War
Director
Untitled The Goonies Sequel
Producer
(2026)
The Dish
Director, Producer, Story
(2025)
Jurassic World Rebirth
Executive Producer
(2025)
Hamnet
Producer
(2025)
The Thursday Murder Club
Producer
(2024)
The Bloody Hundredth
Executive Producer
(2024)
Transformers One
Executive Producer
(2024)
Twisters
Executive Producer
(2024)
Music by John Williams
Producer
(2023)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Executive Producer
(2023)
(2023)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Executive Producer
(2023)
The Color Purple
Producer
(2023)
Maestro
Producer
(2022)
The Fabelmans
Writer, Producer, Director
(2022)
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Executive Producer
(2022)
Jurassic World Dominion
Executive Producer
(2021)
(2021)
West Side Story
Title Designer, Director, Producer
(2021)
Oslo
Executive Producer
(2019)
Men in Black: International
Executive Producer
(2018)
Ready Player One
Director, Producer
(2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Executive Producer
(2018)
Bumblebee
Executive Producer
(2018)
First Man
Executive Producer
(2017)
The Post
Producer, Director
(2017)
Five Came Back
Executive Producer
(2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
Executive Producer
(2016)
The BFG
Director, Producer
(2016)
All the Way
Executive Producer
(2016)
Finding Oscar
Executive Producer
(2015)
Jurassic World
Executive Producer
(2015)
Bridge of Spies
Producer, Director
(2015)
Auschwitz
Producer
(2015)
Poltergeist
Original Film Writer
(2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Executive Producer
(2014)
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Producer
(2013)
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Executive Producer
(2012)
Men in Black 3
Executive Producer
(2012)
Lincoln
Director, Producer
(2012)
(2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Executive Producer
(2011)
Super 8
Producer
(2011)
Real Steel
Executive Producer
(2011)
The Adventures of Tintin
Director, Producer
(2011)
Cowboys & Aliens
Executive Producer
(2011)
War Horse
Director, Producer
(2011)
Locke & Key
Executive Producer
(2011)
Return to Jurassic Park
Executive Producer, Producer, Presenter
(2010)
True Grit
Executive Producer
(2010)
Hereafter
Executive Producer
(2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Executive Producer
(2009)
The Lovely Bones
Executive Producer
(2009)
(2008)
(2008)
(2008)
Eagle Eye
Executive Producer
(2008)
A Timeless Call
Director
(2007)
Transformers
Executive Producer
(2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Producer
(2006)
Flags of Our Fathers
Producer
(2006)
I Only Wanted to Live
Executive Producer
(2006)
Monster House
Executive Producer
(2006)
Spell Your Name
Producer
(2005)
War of the Worlds
Director
(2005)
Munich
Director, Producer
(2005)
The Legend of Zorro
Executive Producer
(2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Producer
(2004)
The Terminal
Director, Producer
(2004)
Voices from the List
Executive Producer
(2002)
Minority Report
Director
(2002)
Men in Black II
Executive Producer
(2002)
Catch Me If You Can
Producer, Director
(2002)
Price for Peace
Producer
(2002)
(2001)
Jurassic Park III
Executive Producer
(2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2001)
Semper Fi
Executive Producer
(2001)
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Executive Producer
(2000)
Shooting War
Editor, Producer
(2000)
Lost Souls
Thanks
(2000)
(2000)
Eyes of the Holocaust
Executive Producer
(1999)
(1999)
The Unfinished Journey
Director
(1999)
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
Executive Producer
(1998)
Saving Private Ryan
Director, Producer
(1998)
Deep Impact
Executive Producer
(1998)
The Mask of Zorro
Executive Producer
(1998)
The Last Days
Executive Producer
(1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Director
(1997)
Men in Black
Executive Producer
(1997)
Amistad
Director, Producer
(1996)
Twister
Executive Producer
(1996)
Survivors of the Holocaust
Executive Producer
(1995)
Casper
Executive Producer
(1995)
Balto
Producer
(1995)
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Executive Producer
(1994)
The Flintstones
Executive Producer
(1994)
I'm Mad
Executive Producer
(1994)
DeGenerazione
Thanks
(1994)
Tiny Toon Spring Break
Executive Producer
(1993)
Jurassic Park
Director
(1993)
Schindler's List
Producer, Director
(1993)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Executive Producer
(1993)
Trail Mix-Up
Executive Producer
(1993)
Class of '61
Executive Producer
(1992)
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Executive Producer
(1992)
Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
In Memory Of
(1991)
(1991)
Hook
Director
(1991)
A Wish for Wings That Work
Executive Producer
(1991)
A Brief History of Time
Executive Producer
(1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Executive Producer
(1990)
Arachnophobia
Executive Producer
(1990)
Dreams
Executive Producer
(1990)
Roller Coaster Rabbit
Executive Producer
(1990)
Back to the Future Part III
Executive Producer
(1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano
Producer
(1989)
(1989)
Always
Producer, Director
(1989)
Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Executive Producer
(1989)
Back to the Future Part II
Executive Producer
(1989)
Dad
Executive Producer
(1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Executive Producer
(1988)
The Land Before Time
Executive Producer, Presenter
(1988)
Family Dog
Executive Producer
(1987)
Empire of the Sun
Producer, Director
(1987)
*batteries not included
Executive Producer
(1987)
Innerspace
Executive Producer, Presenter
(1987)
Three O'Clock High
Executive Producer
(1986)
The Money Pit
Executive Producer
(1986)
An American Tail
Executive Producer
(1986)
Amazing Stories
Director, Story
(1985)
The Color Purple
Producer, Director
(1985)
Young Sherlock Holmes
Executive Producer
(1985)
The Goonies
Executive Producer, Story, Presenter
(1985)
Back to the Future
Executive Producer
(1985)
Vanessa in the Garden
Writer, Executive Producer
(1984)
(1984)
Gremlins
Executive Producer, Presenter
(1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Director, Producer
(1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Producer, Director
(1982)
Poltergeist
Screenplay, Producer, Story
(1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director
(1981)
Continental Divide
Executive Producer
(1980)
Used Cars
Executive Producer
(1979)
1941
Director
(1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Executive Producer
(1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Writer, Director
(1975)
Jaws
Director
(1974)
The Sugarland Express
Story, Director
(1973)
Savage
Director
(1973)
(1972)
Something Evil
Director
(1971)
Duel
Director
(1969)
Night Gallery
Director
(1968)
Amblin'
Writer, Director, Editor