Steven Spielberg

78 years old 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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Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) Self 8
2 Music by John Williams (2024) Self - Filmmaker 10
3 The Bloody Hundredth (2024) Self - Filmmaker 8
4 Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford (2023) Self 7
5 Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023) Self 8
6 The Fabelmans (2022) Director / Writer 7.3
7 Something's Coming: West Side Story (2021) Self -
8 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) Self (archive footage) -
9 West Side Story (2021) Director / Writer 6.8
10 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 7
11 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) Self 8.5
12 Peter Falk Versus Columbo (2019) Self (archive footage) 8
13 Ready Player One (2018) Director / Writer 7.6
14 Schindler's List: 25 Years Later (2018) Self -
15 Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) Self 8.5
16 The Post (2017) Director / Writer 7.2
17 Five Came Back (2017) Self -
18 Spielberg (2017) Self 6.9
19 How Star Wars Was Saved in the Edit (2017) Self (voice) (archive footage) -
20 Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) Self - Filmmaker -
21 The BFG (2016) Director / Writer 6.9
22 Bridge of Spies (2015)
Oscars 2016 		Director / Writer 7.4
23 Poltergeist (2015) Director / Writer 5.3
24 Everything Is Copy (2015) Self -
25 Back in Time (2015) Self 7.9
26 And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) Self (archive footage) 7
27 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) -
28 Milius (2013) Self 8.3
29 Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013) Self -
30 Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013) Self 8
31 Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013) Self -
32 Lincoln: An American Journey (2013) Self -
33 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012) Self -
34 Lincoln (2012)
Oscars 2013 		Director / Writer 7
35 Inventing David Geffen (2012) Self -
36 Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012) Self -
37 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012) Self 7
38 War Horse (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Director / Writer 7.3
39 The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Director / Writer 7.5
40 Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011) Self -
41 Paul (2011) Self 7.1
42 Return to Jurassic Park (2011) Self -
43 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) Self 8
44 Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) Self (archive footage) 7.8
45 The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws" (2009) Self -
46 Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' (2008) Self -
47 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Director / Writer 6.1
48 Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007) Self 9
49 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007) Self -
50 View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007) Self -
51 Munich (2005)
Oscars 2006 		Director / Writer 7.4
52 War of the Worlds (2005)
Oscars 2006 		Director / Writer 6.5
53 A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) Self 7
54 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) Self -
55 Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004) Self 7
56 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) Self 7
57 The Terminal (2004) Director / Writer 7.4
58 Double Dare (2004) Self -
59 Voices from the List (2004) Self - Host 8
60 Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003) Self 6
61 Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera (2003) Self 7
62 Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003) self -
63 Minority Report (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Director / Writer 7.5
64 Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Director / Writer 7.9
65 Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Steven Spielberg / Famous Director ('Austinpussy') 6.3
66 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) Self 7
67 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Director / Writer 7.2
68 Vanilla Sky (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Self (uncredited) 6.7
69 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001) Self -
70 The Beginning: Making Episode I (2001) Self -
71 The Joe Spinell Story (2001) (archive footage) 7
72 American Beauty: Look Closer... (2000) Self 6
73 What Lies Beneath (2000) Director / Writer 6.8
74 The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999) Self -
75 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Oscars 1999 		Director / Writer 8.4
76 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Oscars 1998 		Director / Writer 6.7
77 The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997) Self -
78 Amistad (1997)
Oscars 1998 		Director / Writer 7
79 Men in Black (1997)
Oscars 1998 		Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) 7.5
80 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) Self 7
81 The Making of 'Jaws' (1995) Self 9
82 Your Studio and You (1995) Backlot Tour Guide 10
83 Schindler's List (1993) Director / Writer 8.7
84 Jurassic Park (1993) Director / Writer 8.2
85 Hook (1991) Director / Writer 7.3
86 Always (1989) Director / Writer 5.8
87 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Director / Writer 8.2
88 Empire of the Sun (1987) Director / Writer 7.9
89 The Color Purple (1985) Director / Writer 8
90 The Goonies (1985) Director / Writer 8
91 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Director / Writer 7.7
92 Gremlins (1984) Man in Electric Wheelchair (uncredited) 7.5
93 Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Director / Writer 7.1
94 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Director / Writer 7.9
95 Poltergeist (1982) Director / Writer 7.5
96 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Director / Writer 8.3
97 The Blues Brothers (1980) Cook County Assessor's Office Clerk 7.9
98 1941 (1979) Director / Writer 6.1
99 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Director / Writer 7.7
100 Jaws (1975) Director / Writer 7.7
101 The Sugarland Express (1974) Director / Writer 5.4
102 Directed by John Ford (1971) Self (2009) 6
103 Duel (1971) Director / Writer 7.8
104 Night Gallery (1969) Director / Writer -
105 Old Man's War Director / Writer -