Steven Spielberg
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Filip och Fredrik träffar Steven Spielberg - i en minut
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
