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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg 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, with his films having earned almost $11 billion worldwide. Among other accolades, he has received three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Grammy Award, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor 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 one of the world's wealthiest celebrities, with a net worth of at least $5.3 billion. He is one of 22 people to achieve EGOT status.
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“I have always loved movies about sensational rogues—they break the law, but you just have to love them for the moxie.”
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It was announced that Spielberg will serve as an executive producer for Gremlins 3 which will be released on November 19, 2027
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It was announced that The Goonies 2 was in the works with Spielberg producing
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Her 2025 artwork, The Picture Maker, includes the portrait and a video projection displaying excerpts from films shot by Spielberg during his youth.
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Reported net worth: $7.1B (as of 2025).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “"E.T.: The Return to Earth," a sequel to Steven Spielberg's "E.T.," reunites the original cast and will be released in 2025.” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “White actor Tom Hanks will be playing Black civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in a movie directed by Steven Spielberg.” Originated as Satire.
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Spielberg told press at a red carpet event for The Fabelmans that he was executive producing a documentary about John Williams, directed by Laurent Bouzereau with production companies Amblin Television, Imagine Documenta
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Harrison Ford shot a cameo scene for the Steven Spielberg film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” that was ultimately cut.” True.
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By Universal Pictures, before expanding wide on November 23
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Movie director Steven Spielberg has died.” False.
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In 2022, at age 75, Spielberg was diagnosed with COVID-19 but recovered.
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Made his Broadway producing debut as a co-producer on the musical A Strange Loop
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In December 2022, Spielberg was a guest on Desert Island Discs for BBC Radio 4, choosing for his luxury item an H-8 Bolex Camera.
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It was announced that Amblin Entertainment signed a deal with Netflix to release multiple new feature films for the streaming service
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Steven Spielberg shot this rhino in 1993. This species is now extinct.” Dino Not Rhino.
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Spielberg filmed West Side Story, an adaptation of the musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
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But was moved to March 2018 to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro and Lawrence Kasdan were featured in the Netflix documentary series Five Came Back, about the war-related works of directors Frank Capra, John Ford, Jo
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“When I read the first draft of the script, this wasn”
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Career landmark: Participated in commencement at the Harvard University (tournament / event).
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Spielberg presented Williams with the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award, the first to be awarded to a composer
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It was announced that it would be written by David Koepp, with a release by Disney on July 19, 2019
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Barack Obama (2015).
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Spielberg described how he chooses his film projects:[Sometimes], a story speaks to me, even if it doesn't speak to any of my collaborators or any of my partners, who look at me and scratch their heads and say, "Gee, are
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It was announced that Spielberg was attached to direct an adaptation of American photojournalist Lynsey Addario's memoir It's What I Do, with Jennifer Lawrence in the lead role
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With Tony Kushner adapting the book for the screen
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In 2013, Spielberg purchased the 282-foot (86 m) mega-yacht The Seven Seas for US$182 million.
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Time listed him as one of the 100 most influential people, and in 2023, Spielberg was the recipient of the first ever Time 100 Impact Award in the US
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Awarded Inkpot Award (2011).
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Spielberg started shooting the first film in a planned trilogy of motion capture films based on Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin
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War Horse was the first of four consecutive Spielberg films released by Disney
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The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2008).
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With Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2006).
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The foundation transferred its archives to the University of Southern California and the name was changed to the Visual History Archive (VHA) at the USC Shoah Foundation
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Coppola contacted Spielberg about restoring the film; Spielberg then contacted Paramount studio head Brad Grey, who approved the project (it was released in 2008)
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Spielberg directed War of the Worlds, a co-production of Paramount and DreamWorks, based on H
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Spielberg collaborated with Electronic Arts (EA) on several games including one for the Wii called Boom Blox, and its sequel Boom Blox Bash Party
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Cruise called him "the greatest storyteller cinema's ever known"
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2004).
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Snopes rated the claim “Famed director Steven Spielberg got his start by sneaking into Universal Studios and commandeering an unoccupied office.” Mostly False.
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Director for Minority Report (2003).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for Minority Report (2002).
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Studied at California State University, Long Beach (2002).
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Released Catch Me If You Can, based on the autobiography of con-artist Frank Abagnale
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Awarded Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2001).
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Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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Won National Humanities Medal (1999).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan (1999).
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Spielberg decided to direct A
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year for Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for Schindler's List (1998).
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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DreamWorks Animation produced its first full-length animated features, Antz and The Prince of Egypt
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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for Animaniacs (1997).
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With his involvement on a production of The Diary of Anne Frank, as well as the original 1998 production of The Farnsworth Invention
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Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (1995).
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Awarded César Award (1995).
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Spielberg helped create and design LucasArts' adventure game The Dig
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An honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Director for Jurassic Park (1994).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year for Schindler's List (1994).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1994).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1994).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Schindler's List (1994).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year for Schindler's List (1994).
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Spielberg took a hiatus to spend more time with his family, and set up his new film studio, DreamWorks, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen
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Found success producing the medical drama ER
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film for Schindler's List (1993).
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for Schindler's List (1993).
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In Kraków, Poland, while Spielberg supervised the post-production of Jurassic Park
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Spielberg returned with Jurassic Park, based on Michael Crichton's bestseller, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp
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Spielberg served as an executive producer for the NBC science fiction series seaQuest DSV; the show was not a hit
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Spielberg began to scale back producing, saying "Producing has been the least fulfilling aspect of what I've done in the last decade
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They married on October 12, 1991; Capshaw converted to Judaism before their marriage.
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She chose to do a full conversion before we were married in 1991, and she married me after becoming a Jew.
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He has five children with Capshaw: Sasha Rebecca Spielberg (born May 14, 1990), Sawyer Avery Spielberg (born March 10, 1992), and Destry Allyn Spielberg (born December 1, 1996), and two adopted children.
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Awarded Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1987).
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NBC offered Spielberg a two-year contract on a television series, Amazing Stories; the show was marketed as a blend of The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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And suggested that he direct, believing the story was closer to Spielberg's sensibilities
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Renewed their romance and married in November 1985
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Spielberg met actress Kate Capshaw when he cast her in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984.
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Awarded Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983).
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Won United Nations Peace Medal (1982).
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982).
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Spielberg bought one of the prop sleds from Citizen Kane
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Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall founded Amblin Productions; the first film it produced was the romantic comedy Continental Divide (Michael Apted, 1981)
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Director for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1978).
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Thought Spielberg would be perfect to direct
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When she auditioned for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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He also has a stepdaughter, Jessica Capshaw (born August 9, 1976).
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Spielberg met actress Amy Irving in 1976 when she auditioned for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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And up to twelve drafts were written before filming commenced
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Awarded Best Screenplay Award for The Sugarland Express (1974).
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“Supertoys Last All Summer Long”
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Universal gave Spielberg the opportunity to write and direct a short film for theatrical release, the 26-minute 35 mm Amblin'
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Studied at Saratoga High School (1965).
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Became a Boy Scout, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout at age 13
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Pitting Indiana Jones against KGB agents led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), searching for a telepathic crystal skull
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His family moved to Haddon Township, New Jersey, after his father was hired by RCA
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Born 1946-12-18.
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In Cincinnati, Ohio, the eldest child and only son of four children
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award.
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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award.
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film.
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Awarded Honorary César.
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Won Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the Crown.
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Studied at Arcadia High School.
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Career landmark: Participated in Ice Bucket Challenge (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival.
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