Steven Spielberg

1946-

Biography: life and films

Steven Spielberg is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 18th December 1946.

His best films as a film director include Duel (1971), Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982) and Richard Donner's comedy The Goonies (1985).

Steven Spielberg has so far directed 31 films (including 1 short) and scripted 8 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (16 films), Thriller (9), War (6), history (5), Horror (4), Fantasy (4), Biography (3), romance (2) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Steven Spielberg over all films is: 3.6

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Firelight (1964) [d,w]

Duel (1971) [d]

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) [w]

The Sugarland Express (1974) [d,w]

Jaws (1975) [d]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) [d,w]

1941 (1979) [d]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [d]

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [d]

Poltergeist (1982) [w]

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) [d]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) [d]

The Color Purple (1985) [d]

The Goonies (1985) [w]

Empire of the Sun (1987) [d]

Always (1989) [d]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) [d]

Hook (1991) [d]

The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) [a]

Jurassic Park (1993) [d]

Schindler's List (1993) [d]

Amistad (1997) [d]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) [d]

Saving Private Ryan (1998) [d]

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) [d,w]

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) [a]

Vanilla Sky (2001) [a]

Catch Me If You Can (2002) [d]

Minority Report (2002) [d]

Reflections of Evil (2002) [a]

The Terminal (2004) [d]

Munich (2005) [d]

War of the Worlds (2005) [d]

The Queen (2006) [a]

The Sci-Fi Boys (2006) [a]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) [d]

Paul (2011) [a]

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) [d]

War Horse (2011) [d]

Lincoln (2012) [d]

Bridge of Spies (2015) [d]

Poltergeist (2015) [w]

The BFG (2016) [d]



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