Steven Spielberg
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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.
Known for
Credits
Jaws (1975)
as Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) (uncredited)
Men in Black (1997)
as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
as Tourist at Airport (uncredited)
Gremlins (1984)
as Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
as Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy')
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
as Self - Director, 1941 (archive footage)
Paul (2011)
as Steven Spielberg
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
as Self - Filmmaker
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Music by John Williams (2024)
as Self - Filmmaker
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
as Self
Marty, Life Is Short (2026)
as Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
as Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
as Self
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self - Director of JAWS (archive footage)
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
as Self
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Back in Time (2015)
as Self
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Everything Is Copy (2015)
as Self
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I (2001)
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023)
as Self
Inventing David Geffen (2012)
as Self
Directed by John Ford (1971)
as Self (2009)
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
as Self - Filmmaker
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
as Self
Altman (2014)
as Self
The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
as Self
The Making of 'Band of Brothers' (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010)
as Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008)
as Self
Close Up (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American (2022)
as Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
as Self
Ships of Slaves: The Middle Passage (1997)
as Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan (1999)
as Self
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)
as Self
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003)
as self
Room 666 (1985)
as Self
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)
as Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
as Self
Something's Coming: West Side Story (2021)
as Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988)
as Self – Executive Producer
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012)
as Self
The Concert for Valor (2014)
as Self
Tales from the Future (2010)
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
as Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey (2023)
as Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
as Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera (2003)
as Self
Double Dare (2004)
as Self
Steven Spielberg, the “New Hollywood” Prodigy (2025)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012)
as Self
Milius (2013)
as Self
Something Evil (1972)
as Party Guest
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun (1987)
as Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
as Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004)
as Self
The Making of '1941' (1996)
as Self
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean (2026)
as Self
An Oral History of: Schindler's List (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
as Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
as Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)
as Self
Five Came Back (2017)
as Self
Remembering Stanley Kubrick (1999)
as Self
Your Studio and You (1995)
as Backlot Tour Guide
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011)
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
as Self
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)
as Self
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe (2025)
as Self
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
as Self
Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies (2016)
as Self
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand (2004)
as Self
Looking Back to the Future (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' (2008)
as Self
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures (2014)
as Self
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984)
as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
as Self
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Self
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
as Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
as Self
The 'E.T.' Journals (2012)
as Self
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book (2016)
as Self
The Making of 'Scarface' (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1996)
as Self
Three Kinds of Close Encounters (2017)
as Self
The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997)
as Self
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY (2026)
as Himself
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
Warner at War (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. (1991)
as Self
American Beauty: Look Closer... (2000)
as Self
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023)
as Self
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY (2026)
as Himself
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003)
as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey (2013)
as Self
Trumbull Land (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
as Self
Spielberg on Spielberg (2007)
as Self
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
as Self
Jaws: The Inside Story (2010)
as Self
The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)
as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
as Self
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues (2002)
as Self
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams (2002)
as Self
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (2004)
as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)
as Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004)
as Self
In the Teeth of Jaws (1997)
as Self
The Music of 'Indiana Jones' (2003)
as Self
New England Our Way (1974)
as Self
The Making Of The Goonies (1985)
as Self
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration! (1990)
Actor
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
as Self - Interviewee
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
as Self
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999)
as Self
Star Wars: Music by John Williams (1980)
as Self
Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth (2011)
as Self
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (2004)
Actor
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018)
as Self
The Joe Spinell Story (2001)
as (archive footage)
The Making of Back to the Future (1986)
as Self
The Stories of West Side Story (2022)
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
as Self
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped (2008)
as Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012)
as Self
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return (2018)
as Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones' (2003)
as Self
Filip and Fredrik meet Steven Spielberg - for a minute (2019)
as Self
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins (2014)
as Self
Video Games: The New Masters of the World (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Gremlins, an american nightmare! (2026)
as Himself (Footage)
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia (2018)
as Self
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012)
as Self
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' (2007)
as Self
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft (1998)
as himself
The Making of 'The Color Purple' (2003)
as Self
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
as Popcorn-Eating Man (uncredited)
Lost in the Garden of the World (1975)
as Self
The Making of Poltergeist (1982)
as Self
Searching for Orson (2006)
as Self
The Moviemakers: Spielberg (2023)
as Self - (archive footage)
Robert Capa: In Love and War (2003)
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A Look Back (2002)
as Self
Voices from the List (2004)
as Self - Host
Jaws: The Restoration (2012)
as Self
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Celebration (2002)
as Self
Back to Room 666 (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
UFO's Are Here! (1977)
as Self
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg (2001)
as Self
The E.T. Reunion (2002)
as Self
Blacks and Jews (1997)
as Self
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel (1995)
as Self
Creating A.I. (2002)
as Self
Spielberg on Kubrick (1999)
as Self
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams (2011)
as Self
Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004)
as Self
How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit (2017)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)