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AKA: Steven Allan Spielberg
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/18/1946
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

biography

Perhaps the western world's most famous living filmmaker, Steven Spielberg succeeded in combining the intimacy of a personal vision with the epic requirements of the modern commercial blockbuster. Though his astonishing success delayed his acceptance as a serious artist for many years, few could deny that Spielberg’s work decisively influenced twentieth century filmmaking through his potent visual imagery and universally recognizable emotion. If nothing else, Spielberg’s films were landmarks in special effects, both in their visual and aural aspects, and they additionally possessed an uncanny Continued

Credits

The Lovely Bones
Executive Producer
2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Executive Producer
2009
United States of Tara
(TV Show)
2009-2009
Miracle
Executive Producer
2009
Snow
Executive Producer
2009
Betrayal
Executive Producer
2009
Possibility
Executive Producer
2009
Abundance
Executive Producer
2009
Alterations
Executive Producer
2009
Transition
Executive Producer
2009
Revolution
Executive Producer
2009
Inspiration
Executive Producer
2009
Work
Executive Producer
2009
Aftermath
Executive Producer
2009
Pilot
Source Material
2009
+(7 More)
Eagle Eye
Executive Producer
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Director
2008
Bee Movie
Producer
2007
Transformers
Executive Producer
2007
Letters From Iwo Jima
Producer
2006
Flags of Our Fathers
Producer
2006
Monster House
Executive Producer
2006
Munich
Producer
2005
Munich
Director
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
Producer
2005
The Legend of Zorro
Executive Producer
2005
Into the West
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Ghost Dance
Executive Producer
2005
Casualties of War
Executive Producer
2005
Hell on Wheels
Executive Producer
2005
Dreams and Schemes
Executive Producer
2005
Manifest Destiny
Executive Producer
2005
Wheel to the Stars
Executive Producer
2005
+(1 More)
War of the Worlds
Director
2005
The Terminal
Director
2004
The Terminal
Producer
2004
Catch Me If You Can
Director
2002
Catch Me If You Can
Producer
2002
Men in Black II
Executive Producer
2002
Minority Report
Director
2002
Band of Brothers
(TV Show)
2001-2001
Points
Executive Producer
2001
Why We Fight
Executive Producer
2001
The Breaking Point
Executive Producer
2001
The Breaking Point
Executive Producer
2001
Bastogne
Executive Producer
2001
Crossroads
Executive Producer
2001
Replacements
Executive Producer
2001
Carentan
Executive Producer
2001
Currahee
Executive Producer
2001
Day of Days
Executive Producer
2001
+(5 More)
Jurassic Park III
Story By
2001
Jurassic Park III
Executive Producer
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Producer
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Director
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
screenplay
2001
Joe Versus the Volcano
Executive Producer
2001
The Last Days
Executive Producer
1999
Saving Private Ryan
Director
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Producer
1998
The Mask of Zorro
Executive Producer
1998
Deep Impact
Executive Producer
1998
Amistad
Director
1997
Amistad
Producer
1997
Men in Black
Executive Producer
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Director
1997
Twister
Executive Producer
1996
Balto
Executive Producer
1995
Casper
Executive Producer
1995
Jurassic Park
Director
1993
Arachnophobia
Executive Producer
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Executive Producer
1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Director
1989
Back to the Future II
Executive Producer
1989
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Executive Producer
1988
Empire of the Sun
Director
1987
Empire of the Sun
Producer
1987
An American Tail
Executive Producer
1986
The Color Purple
Producer
1985
The Color Purple
Director
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
Executive Producer
1985
Back to the Future
Executive Producer
1985
The Goonies
From Story
1985
The Goonies
Story By
1985
The Goonies
Executive Producer
1985
Gremlins
Executive Producer
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Director
1984
Twilight Zone - the Movie
Director
1983
Twilight Zone - the Movie
Executive Producer
1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Director
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Producer
1982
Poltergeist
From Story
1982
Poltergeist
screenplay
1982
Poltergeist
Producer
1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director
1981
Used Cars
Executive Producer
1980
1941
Director
1979
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Screenplay
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
screenplay
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
From Story
1977
Jaws
Director
1975
The Sugarland Express
Story By
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
Director
Volevo Solo Vivere
Executive Producer
Continental Divide
Executive Producer
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Executive Producer
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Producer
Wakko's Wish
Executive Producer
A Holocaust Szemei
Producer
The Sugarland Express
From Story
Always
Producer
Batteries Not Included
Executive Producer
Searching for Orson
Interviewee
Chambre 666
Himself
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
From Story
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
Producer
Schindler's List
Producer
Firelight
Director
Always
Director
The Sugarland Express
Director
Schindler's List
Director
Hook
Director
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Himself
Firelight
screenplay
Wicked Ways
Producer
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Executive Producer
The Money Pit
Executive Producer
Back to the Future III
Executive Producer
The Land Before Time
Executive Producer
Dad
Executive Producer
Innerspace
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Made first 8mm (3 1/2 min.) film while in grade school; set up a tree-planting business to pay for film and equipment while in teens
1960 
Won first contest with 40-minute war film, "Escape to Nowhere" at age 13
1962 
Made first amateur 8mm feature film, "Firelight" at age 16; father hired local theater to screen film
1968 
Professional debut with 24-minute short, "Amblin" (shown at Atlanta Film Festival)
1968 
Signed to seven-year contract as TV director with Universal-MCA
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