Steven Spielberg

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 highestgrossing 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 decadeslong 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 boxoffice hits with Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 ET the ExtraTerrestrial 1982 and the original Indiana Jones trilogy 19811989 He also explored drama in The Color Purple 1985 and Empire of the Sun 1987 In 1993 Spielberg directed backtoback hits with the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park the highestgrossing film at the time and the epic historical drama Schindlers 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 AI 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 cofounded 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 Spielbergs works are considered among the greatest films in history and some are among the highestgrossing 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 firstever Time 100 Impact Award in the US Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Spielberg licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia