Steven Spielberg
Born
December 18, 1946 (78 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
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Known For

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025

Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2025

Les dents de la mer: Un succès monstre
Self - cineast (archive)
2024

Music by John Williams
Self - Filmmaker
2024

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
Self (archive footage)
2024

The Bloody Hundredth
Self - Filmmaker
2024

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
Self
2023

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Self
2023

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Self
2023

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Self
2023

The Moviemakers: Spielberg
Self
2023

Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
2023

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
2023

LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2022

LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Co-Writer, Producer · (1 episode)
2022

LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Director, Jurassic Park · (1 episode)
2022

LIGHT & MAGIC
Self · (1 episode)
2022

Challenger: The Final Flight
Self - Director "Close Encounters" (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020

The Drew Barrymore Show
Self · (1 episode)
2020

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
Self
2018

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · (5 episodes)
2018

Five Came Back
Self · (3 episodes)
2017

Honest Trailers
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Self
2009

Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self (Archival footage)
2005

Leçon de Cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
2004

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
self
2003
The Making of 'The Color Purple'
Self
2003

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self (uncredited)
2001

The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
himself
1998
The Middle Passage
Self
1997
Creating A.I.
Self

UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2023

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
2022

Denzel Washington: A Model American
Self
2022

The Stories of West Side Story
Self
2022

Something's Coming: West Side Story
Self
2021

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · (9 episodes)
2021

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021

Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
2020

Some Good News
Self · (1 episode)
2020

Filip och Fredrik träffar Steven Spielberg - i en minut
Self
2019

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
2019

Peter Falk Versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
Self
2018

Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
2018
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
Self
2018

The 90s Greatest
self · (10 episodes)
2018

How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2017

Spielberg
Self
2017

Three Kinds of Close Encounters
Self
2017

The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Filmmaker
2017

Five Came Back
Self
2017

Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
2017

Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Filmmaker
2016

Video Games: The New Masters of the World
Self (archive footage)
2016

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Self
2016

Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016

Back in Time
Self
2015

Everything Is Copy
Self
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(2 episodes)
2015

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014

The Concert for Valor
Self
2014

Kubrick Remembered
Self
2014

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Self
2014

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
Self
2014

Altman
Self
2014

And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
2013

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self
2013

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013

Milius
Self
2013

Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
2013
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
2012

Inventing David Geffen
Self
2012

The 'E.T.' Journals
Self
2012

Jaws: The Restoration
Self
2012

Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Self
2012

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self
2012

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011

AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
Self
2011

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
Self
2011

Paul
Self
2011

Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010

Tales from the Future
Self
2010

Jaws: The Inside Story
Self
2010

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Self
2009

The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Self
2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
Self
2009

Looking Back to the Future
Self (archive footage)
2009

Warner at War
Narrator (voice)
2008

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Self
2008

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Self
2008

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
2008
Back to Room 666
Self (archive footage)
2008

Fog City Mavericks
Self
2007

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007

Spielberg on Spielberg
Self
2007

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2007

Searching for Orson
Self
2006

50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006

The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Self
2005

George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2005

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
2004

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
2004

Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg
Self
2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
2004

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Self - Interviewee
2004

Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004

Double Dare
Self
2004

Voices from the List
Self - Host
2004

Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
2004

The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
Self
2003

The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Self
2003

Robert Capa: In Love and War
Self
2003

Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Self
2003

Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
Self
2003

Austin Powers in Goldmember
Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy')
2002

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Self
2002

The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
Self
2002

Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
Self
2002

Vanilla Sky
Self (uncredited)
2001

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
2001

The Beginning: Making Episode I
Self
2001

The Joe Spinell Story
(archive footage)
2001

Primetime Glick
(1 episode)
2001

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001

Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
Self
2001

Kurosawa
Self (archive footage)
2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000

American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
2000

Spielberg on Kubrick
Self
1999

The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
1999

Remembering Stanley Kubrick
Self
1999

Forever Hollywood
Self
1999

The Directors
Self · (1 episode)
1999

Blacks and Jews
Self
1997

Men in Black
Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
1997

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)
1997

The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997

Taff
self · (1 episode)
1997

In the Teeth of Jaws
Self
1997

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
1996

The Making of '1941'
Self
1996

The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
1996

The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
1995

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
1995

Your Studio and You
Backlot Tour Guide
1995

In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel
Self
1995

Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994

A Century of Cinema
Self
1994

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1992

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Self
1991

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self
1990

Tiny Toon Adventures
White Rabbit (voice) · (1 episode)
1990

Tiny Toon Adventures
Steven Spielberg (voice) · (1 episode)
1990

Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990

Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
1990

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Self
1987

The Tracey Ullman Show
(1 episode)
1987

The Making of Back to the Future
Self
1986

The Making of 'The Goonies'
Self
1985

David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
1985

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Self
1984

Gremlins
Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
1984

The Making of Poltergeist
Self
1982

Room 666
Self
1982

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Self
1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Self
1981

Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
1981

The Blues Brothers
Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
1980

Star Wars: Music by John Williams
Self
1980

CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1979

The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
1978

The South Bank Show
Self · (1 episode)
1978
Please Turn the Page
Self · (1 episode)
1977

UFO's Are Here!
Self
1977

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975

Saturday Night Live
Self · (1 episode)
1975

Jaws
Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited)
1975

Lost in the Garden of the World
Self
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975

New England Our Way
Self
1974

Spécial cinéma
Self · (4 episodes)
1974

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (3 episodes)
1973

Something Evil
Party Guest
1972

Directed by John Ford
Self (2009)
1971

60 Minutes
Self · (2 episodes)
1968
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self · (1 episode)
1967

The Oscars
Self · (11 episodes)
1953

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944