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