Filmmaker and producer
Steven Spielberg
Best known for Directing landmark films including Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List
- Born
- 1946
- From
- American
- Working since
- 1968
- Also known as
- Steven Allan Spielberg
Steven Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and Saratoga, California. After making amateur films throughout his youth, he signed a long-term directing contract with Universal Studios in the late 1960s. He gained widespread international recognition with the 1975 release of Jaws, which became the highest-grossing film of its time and helped establish the modern summer blockbuster model.
Over a career spanning more than five decades, Spielberg has directed and produced dozens of critically and commercially successful films across genres, including science fiction, adventure, and historical drama. He co-founded DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, earning multiple Academy Awards and remaining one of the most influential directors in cinema history.
Steven Spielberg in brief
- —Won Academy Awards for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.
- —Highest-grossing film director in global box office history.
- —Co-founded the production company DreamWorks Pictures in 1994.
- —Received the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- —Directed four films selected for the U.S. National Film Registry.
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