Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American movie director, movie producer and screenwriter. Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest movie directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in movie history.

Steven Spielberg
Spielberg in July 2017
Born	Steven Allan Spielberg (1946-12-18) December 18, 1946 (age 78)[1] Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Saratoga High School
Alma mater	California State University, Long Beach
Occupations	Movie director movie producer screenwriter
Years active	1959–present
Notable work	Close Encounters of the Third Kind E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Jaws Jurassic Park Lincoln Munich Raiders of the Lost Ark Saving Private Ryan Schindler's List Catch Me If You Can
Spouse(s)	Amy Irving ​ (m. 1985⁠–⁠1989)​ Kate Capshaw ​ (m. 1991)​ [2]
Children	6

He was born at The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health ^[3][4] in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[5] He is from a Ukrainian Orthodox Jewish family. His parents were pianist Leah Adler (1920–2017) and engineer Arnold Spielberg (1917–2020). He started his movie career learning to direct in 1968.^[6] He was raised in Haddon Township, New Jersey. Spielberg studied at Saratoga High School. He went to California State University, Long Beach.^[6]

Spielberg started his career learning how to direct in 1963. His first movies include Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.^[6] His later movies include Saving Private Ryan and Munich.

Spielberg helped establish the PG-13 rating for the Motion Picture Association of America.^[7][8]

Spielberg married Amy Irving in 1985. They divorced in 1989.^[6] He married Kate Capshaw in 1991.^[6]

Spielberg won two Academy Awards for best director. These two awards were for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. In 1986, he won the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been nominated and has won several other awards. In 2023, Spielberg was nominated for another Academy Award for his movie The Fabelmans.

In Oscar acceptance speeches given since 1966, Spielberg holds the record for being thanked the most at 43 mentions, more than God and beating Harvey Weinstein who was thanked 34 times.^[9]

Filmography

• The Fabelmans (2022)
• West Side Story (2021)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• The Post (2017)
• The BFG (2016)
• Bridge of Spies (2015)
• Jurassic World (2015)
• Lincoln (2012)
• Men in Black 3 (2012)
• War Horse (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
• Real Steel (2011)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Super 8 (2011)
• Paul (2011)
• True Grit (2010)
• Hereafter (2010)
• Hollywood Don't Surf! (2010)
• The Lovely Bones (2009)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Munich (2005)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• The Terminal (2004)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Academy Award, Best Director)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Amistad (1997)
• Casper (1995)
• Schindler's List (1993) (Academy Award, Best Director, Best Picture)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Hook (1991)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Always (1989)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) segment: Kick the Can
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• 1941 (1979)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Sugarland Express (1974)