Steven Spielberg is an American director, producer and writer. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of theNew Hollywood era, as well as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.[1] He is also one of the co-founders ofAmblin Entertainment,DreamWorks Pictures, andDreamWorks Animation.
In a career spanning more than five decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywoodescapist filmmaking.[2] In later years, his films began addressinghumanistic issues such asthe Holocaust, thetransatlantic slave trade,civil rights, war, andterrorism.
Spielberg won theAcademy Award for Best Director forSchindler's List andSaving Private Ryan, as well as receiving six other nominations.[3] Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws,E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, andJurassic Park—achievedbox office records, originated, and came to epitomize theblockbuster film.[4] Theworldwide box office receipts of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $10 billion, making him thehighest-grossing director in cinematic history.
Spielberg has worked as a producer, executive producer, director, or in an otherwise creative capacity on several films where he was not credited.
Short film
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Producer | Writer | |||
1959 | The Last Gun | Yes | Yes | No | |
1961 | Fighter Squad | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Escape to Nowhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1967 | Slipstream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unfinished |
1968 | Amblin' | Yes | No | Yes | Also editor (Uncredited) |
Feature film
Producer
Executive producer
Year | Film | Director | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | The Last Days | James Moll | |
2000 | A Holocaust szemei | János Szász | |
2006 | Spell Your Name | Sergey Bukovsky | [49] |
2013 | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck | Laurent Bouzereau | [50] |
2016 | Finding Oscar | Ryan Suffern | [51] |
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
1975 | Jaws | Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) |
1980 | The Blues Brothers | County tax officer |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Tourist at Airport |
Gremlins | Man in Electric Wheelchair | |
1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Man in scooter |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Man Eating Popcorn |
Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor | |
2001 | Vanilla Sky | Guest at party |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Himself |
2011 | Paul | Himself (voice) |
Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Scarface | Co-directed one scene forBrian De Palma | [52] |
1984 | The NeverEnding Story | Assisted in post-production | [53] |
2000 | Gladiator | Creative consultant | [54] |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Second unit director | [55] |
2011 | Fright Night | Storyboarding scenes and assistance with editing | [56] |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Co-directed one scene forMartin Scorsese | [57] |
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Provided some story suggestions toDean DeBlois | [58] |
2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Creative consultant | [59] |
Year | Film | Distributor | Budget | Domestic | Total Worldwide |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Duel | Universal Pictures | $450,000 | N/A | N/A |
1974 | The Sugarland Express | $3,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $12,000,000 | |
1975 | Jaws | $9,000,000 | $265,900,000 | $476,500,000 | |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Columbia Pictures | $19,400,000 | $135,190,000 | $306,100,000 |
1979 | 1941 | Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures | $35,000,000 | $23,400,000 | $90,000,000 |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount Pictures | $20,000,000 | $248,100,000 | $389,900,000 |
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal Pictures | $10,500,000 | $438,000,000 | $792,900,000 |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Pictures | $28,200,000 | $180,000,000 | $331,000,000 |
1985 | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $15,000,000 | $98,500,000 | $142,000,000 |
1987 | Empire of the Sun | $25,000,000 | $22,200,000 | $66,700,000 | |
1989 | Always | Universal Pictures | $31,000,000 | $43,900,000 | $74,100,000 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount Pictures | $48,000,000 | $197,200,000 | $474,200,000 | |
1991 | Hook | TriStar Pictures | $70,000,000 | $119,700,000 | $300,100,000 |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures | $63,000,000 | $402,500,000 | $1,046,000,000 |
Schindler's List | $22,000,000 | $96,100,000 | $322,200,000 | ||
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $73,000,000 | $229,100,000 | $618,600,000 | |
Amistad | DreamWorks Pictures | $36,000,000 | $44,300,000 | $58,300,000 | |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures | $70,000,000 | $216,500,000 | $485,000,000 |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $100,000,000 | $78,600,000 | $235,900,000 |
2002 | Minority Report | 20th Century Fox | $102,000,000 | $132,000,000 | $358,400,000 |
Catch Me If You Can | DreamWorks Pictures | $52,000,000 | $164,600,000 | $352,100,000 | |
2004 | The Terminal | $60,000,000 | $77,900,000 | $219,400,000 | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $132,000,000 | $234,300,000 | $603,900,000 |
Munich | Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $70,000,000 | $47,000,000 | $131,000,000 | |
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount Pictures | $185,000,000 | $317,100,000 | $790,700,000 |
2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Paramount Pictures /Sony Pictures Releasing | $135,000,000 | $77,600,000 | $374,000,000 |
War Horse | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $70,000,000 | $79,900,000 | $177,600,000 | |
2012 | Lincoln | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox | $65,000,000 | $183,000,000 | $275,300,000 |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | $40,000,000 | $72,300,000 | $165,600,000 | |
2016 | The BFG | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $140,000,000 | $55,500,000 | $195,200,000 |
2017 | The Post | 20th Century Fox | $50,000,000 | $81,900,000 | $179,800,000 |
2018 | Ready Player One | Warner Bros. Pictures | $175,000,000 | $137,000,000 | $583,000,000 |
2021 | West Side Story | 20th Century Studios | $100,000,000 | $38,530,000 | $76,000,000 |
2022 | The Fabelmans | Universal Pictures | $40,000,000 | $17,350,000 | $45,580,000 |
Total | $2,094,550,000 | $4,557,194,000 | $10,751,080,000 |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1969, 1971 | Night Gallery | Pilot movie segment B "Eyes" Ep. 4 segment A "Make Me Laugh" |
1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Ep. 1–24 "The Daredevil Gesture" |
1971 | The Name of the Game | Ep. 3–16 "L.A. 2017" |
The Psychiatrist | Ep. 1–2 "The Private World of Martin Dalton" and Ep. 1–6 "Par for the Course" | |
Columbo | Ep. 1–1 "Murder by the Book" | |
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Ep. 1–3 "Eulogy for a Wide Receiver" | |
Duel | Television film, extended film version was also released to cinemas | |
1972 | Something Evil | Television film |
1973 | Savage | Television film, also editor |
1984 | Strokes of Genius | TV series (introductory segments hosted byDustin Hoffman) |
1985–1987 | Amazing Stories | Ep. 1–1 "Ghost Train" and Ep. 1–5 "The Mission" (part ofAmazing Stories: Book One) Also developer, writer of several episodes and executive producer |
Season | Ep. | Title | Director | Credited as |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Ghost Train" | Himself | Story by |
2 | "The Main Attraction" | Matthew Robbins | ||
3 | "Alamo Jobe" | Michael D. Moore | ||
4 | "Mummy Daddy" | William Dear | ||
5 | "The Mission" | Himself | ||
6 | "The Amazing Falsworth" | Peter Hyams | ||
7 | "Fine Tuning" | Bob Balaban | ||
10 | "Remote Control Man" | Bob Clark | ||
11 | "Santa '85" | Phil Joanou | ||
12 | "Vanessa in the Garden" | Clint Eastwood | Written by | |
14 | "No Day at the Beach" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Story by | |
16 | "Gather Ye Acorns" | Norman Reynolds | ||
18 | "Dorothy and Ben" | Thomas Carter | ||
19 | "Mirror, Mirror" | Martin Scorsese | ||
2 | 1 | "The Wedding Ring" | Danny DeVito | |
5 | "You Gotta Believe Me" | Kevin Reynolds | ||
6 | "The Greibble" | Joe Dante | ||
14 | "Blue Man Down" | Paul Michael Glaser |
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Writer | |
1995 | The Dig | Writer | |
1996 | Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair | ||
1999 | Medal of Honor | Designer | |
2000 | Medal of Honor: Underground | ||
2002 | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Writer | |
Quest for the Code | [65] | ||
2008 | Boom Blox | Designer | |
2009 | Boom Blox Bash Party | Designer | |
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings | Creative consultant | [66] | |
– | LMNO | Cancelled | [67] |
Year | Title | Credited as | Ref. | |||
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Director | Producer | Writer | Other | |||
1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | No | Yes | No | Actor | [68][69] |
1989 | "Liberian Girl" | No | No | No | Cameo | |
2022 | "Cannibal" | Yes | No | No | No | [70][71] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2020 | Ready Player Two | Creative consultant in the final draft[72] |
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