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Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (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 and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and is the highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is the w…
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Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (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 and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema and is the highest-grossing film director of all time. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2006, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. According to Forbes, he is the wealthiest celebrity. 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 television film Duel (1971), which Barry Diller approved. He made his theatrical debut with The Sugarland Express (1974), also beginning his decades-long collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he has worked for all but five of his theatrical releases. He became a household name with the summer blockbuster Jaws (1975). He continued directing acclaimed escapist box-office hits with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the original Indiana Jones trilogy (1981–1989). He also explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). In 1993, Spielberg directed back-to-back hits with the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film at the time, and the epic historical drama Schindler's List, which has often been ranked among the greatest films ever made. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the latter as well as for 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 Pictures, and he has served as a producer for many successful films and television series, among them Poltergeist (1982), Gremlins (1984), Back to the Future (1985), An American Tail (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Animaniacs (1993), Freakazoid! (1995), Twister (1996), Band of Brothers (2001) and Transformers (2007). Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films of all time. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 2013, Time listed him among the 100 most influential people. In 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first-ever Time 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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BODY OF WORK
Steven Spielberg's Filmography
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Hook: Never, Never Ending
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable
as Self
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
as Self
Gremlins, an american nightmare!
as Himself (Footage)
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
as Himself
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
as Self
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director, 1941 (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Music by John Williams
as Self - Filmmaker
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Filmmaker
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
as Self
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self
The Moviemakers: Spielberg
as Self - (archive footage)
Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
as Self
The Stories of West Side Story
as Self
Something's Coming: West Side Story
as Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Filip and Fredrik meet Steven Spielberg - for a minute
as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
as Self
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
as Self
No Poster
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
as Self
How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Spielberg
as Self
Three Kinds of Close Encounters
as Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Filmmaker
Five Came Back
as Self
No Poster
Steven Spielberg & John Williams: The Adventure Continues
Score: A Film Music Documentary
as Self
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Filmmaker
Video Games: The New Masters of the World
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Self
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
as Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
as Self
Back in Time
as Self
Everything Is Copy
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Concert for Valor
as Self
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
as Self
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
as Self
Altman
as Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
as Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
as Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Milius
as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
No Poster
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
Inventing David Geffen
as Self
The E.T. Journals
as Self
Jaws: The Restoration
as Self
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
as Self
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
as Self
Paul
as Steven Spielberg
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
Tales from the Future
as Self
Jaws: The Inside Story
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
as Self
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
as Self
The Shark Is Still Working
as Self
Looking Back to the Future
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
as Self
Warner at War
as Narrator (voice)
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
as Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
as Self
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
as Self
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
as Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
as Self
No Poster
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
Spielberg on Spielberg
as Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
as Self
Searching for Orson
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Self
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
as Self
Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg
as Self
No Poster
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
as Self
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
as Self - Interviewee
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
Double Dare
as Self
Voices from the List
as Self - Host
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as self
Robert Capa: In Love and War
as Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
as Self
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
The Making of 'The Color Purple'
as Self
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy')
No Poster
Creating A.I.
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look Back
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
The E.T. Reunion
as Self
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
as Self
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
as Self
Vanilla Sky
as Self (uncredited)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
as Self
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
as Self (uncredited)
The Joe Spinell Story
as (archive footage)
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
as Self
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self
Spielberg on Kubrick
as Self
No Poster
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
as Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Self
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Remembering Stanley Kubrick
as Self
The Making of 'Scarface'
as Self (archive footage)
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
as himself
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage
as Self
Blacks and Jews
as Self
Men in Black
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)
The Making of 'The Lost World'
as Self
In the Teeth of Jaws
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
The Making of '1941'
as Self
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Jaws'
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self
Your Studio and You
as Backlot Tour Guide
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel
as Self
A Century of Cinema
as Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
as Self
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Executive Producer
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
as Self
The Making of Back to the Future
as Self
The Making Of The Goonies
as Self
Room 666
as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
as Self
Gremlins
as Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
The Making of Poltergeist
as Self
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
as Self
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Self
The Blues Brothers
as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
as Self
UFO's Are Here!
as Self
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
Jaws
as Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited)
Lost in the Garden of the World
as Self
New England Our Way
as Self
Something Evil
as Party Guest
Directed by John Ford
as Self (2009)