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Steven Spielberg is an American director, producer and writer. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.[1] He is also one of the co-founders of Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation.

In a career spanning more than five decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.[2] In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism.
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as receiving six other nominations.[3] Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park—achieved box office records, originated, and came to epitomize the blockbuster film.[4] The worldwide box office receipts of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $10 billion, making him the highest-grossing director in cinematic history.
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Spielberg has worked as a producer, executive producer, director, or in an otherwise creative capacity on several films where he was not credited.
Director and writer
Short film
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1959 | The Last Gun | Yes | Yes | No | |
1961 | Fighter Squad | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Escape to Nowhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1967 | Slipstream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unfinished |
1968 | Amblin' | Yes | No | Yes | Also editor (Uncredited) |
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Feature film
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Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Refs. |
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1964 | Firelight | Yes | No | Yes | Partially lost | |
1971 | Duel | Yes | No | No | Extended theatrical version of original TV movie | |
1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | No | No | Story | [5] | |
1974 | The Sugarland Express | Yes | No | Story | Theatrical film directing debut | |
1975 | Jaws | Yes | No | No | [6] | |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Yes | No | Yes | Also visual effects concepts | [7] |
1979 | 1941 | Yes | No | No | [8] | |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Yes | No | No | [9] | |
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Yes | Yes | No | [10] | |
Poltergeist | No | Yes | Yes | [11][12] | ||
1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Yes | Yes | No | Segment: "Kick the Can" | [13] |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes | No | No | [14] | |
1985 | The Color Purple | Yes | Yes | No | [15] | |
The Goonies | No | Executive | Story | Also uncredited second unit director and editor | [16] | |
1987 | Empire of the Sun | Yes | Yes | No | [17] | |
1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Yes | No | No | [18] | |
Always | Yes | Yes | No | [19] | ||
1991 | Hook | Yes | No | No | [20] | |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | [21] | |
Schindler's List | Yes | Yes | No | [22] | ||
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | [23] | |
Amistad | Yes | Yes | No | [24] | ||
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Yes | Yes | No | [25] | |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | [26] | |
2002 | Minority Report | Yes | No | No | [27] | |
Catch Me If You Can | Yes | Yes | No | [28] | ||
2004 | The Terminal | Yes | Yes | No | [29] | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Yes | No | No | [30] | |
Munich | Yes | Yes | No | [31] | ||
2008 | ||||||
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Yes | No | No | [32] | ||
2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Yes | Yes | No | Also lighting consultant and uncredited virtual camera operator | [33] |
War Horse | Yes | Yes | No | [34] | ||
2012 | Lincoln | Yes | Yes | No | [35] | |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Yes | Yes | No | [36] | |
2016 | The BFG | Yes | Yes | No | [37] | |
2017 | The Post | Yes | Yes | No | [38] | |
2018 | Ready Player One | Yes | Yes | No | [39] | |
2021 | West Side Story | Yes | Yes | No | Also end title designer | |
2022 | The Fabelmans | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2026 | Untitled science fiction film | Yes | Yes | Story | Post-production | [40][41] |
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Producing credits
Producer
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Year | Title | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells |
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2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Rob Marshall | ||
2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | ||
Letters from Iwo Jima | ||||
2011 | Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | ||
2014 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | Lasse Hallström | ||
2015 | Auschwitz | James Moll | Short film | [42] |
2023 | Maestro | Bradley Cooper | ||
The Color Purple | Blitz the Ambassador | |||
2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Chris Columbus | ||
Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | [43] |
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Executive producer[44]
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Documentary film
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Year | Film | Director | Ref. |
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1998 | The Last Days | James Moll | |
2000 | A Holocaust szemei | János Szász | |
2006 | Spell Your Name | Sergey Bukovsky | [50] |
2013 | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck |
Laurent Bouzereau | [51] |
2016 | Finding Oscar | Ryan Suffern | [52] |
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Cameos
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Year | Film | Role |
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1975 | Jaws | Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) |
1980 | The Blues Brothers | Cook County Assessor |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Tourist at Airport |
Gremlins | Man in Electric Wheelchair | |
1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Man in scooter |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Man Eating Popcorn |
Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor | |
2001 | Vanilla Sky | Guest at party |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Himself |
2011 | Paul | Himself (voice) |
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Documentary appearances
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Other non-credited roles
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Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
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1983 | Scarface | Co-directed one scene for Brian De Palma | [53] |
1984 | The NeverEnding Story | Assisted in post-production | [54] |
2000 | Gladiator | Creative consultant | [55] |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Second unit director | [56] |
2011 | Fright Night | Storyboarding scenes and assistance with editing | [57] |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Co-directed one scene for Martin Scorsese | [58] |
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Provided some story suggestions to Dean DeBlois | [59] |
2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Creative consultant | [60] |
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Box office performances of feature films
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Year | Film | Distributor | Budget | Domestic | Total Worldwide |
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1971 | Duel | Universal Pictures | $450,000 | N/A | N/A |
1974 | The Sugarland Express | $3,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $12,000,000 | |
1975 | Jaws | $9,000,000 | $265,900,000 | $476,500,000 | |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Columbia Pictures | $19,400,000 | $135,190,000 | $306,100,000 |
1979 | 1941 | Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures | $35,000,000 | $23,400,000 | $90,000,000 |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Paramount Pictures | $20,000,000 | $248,100,000 | $389,900,000 |
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal Pictures | $10,500,000 | $438,000,000 | $792,900,000 |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Pictures | $28,200,000 | $180,000,000 | $331,000,000 |
1985 | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $15,000,000 | $98,500,000 | $142,000,000 |
1987 | Empire of the Sun | $25,000,000 | $22,200,000 | $66,700,000 | |
1989 | Always | Universal Pictures | $31,000,000 | $43,900,000 | $74,100,000 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount Pictures | $48,000,000 | $197,200,000 | $474,200,000 | |
1991 | Hook | TriStar Pictures | $70,000,000 | $119,700,000 | $300,100,000 |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures | $63,000,000 | $402,500,000 | $1,046,000,000 |
Schindler's List | $22,000,000 | $96,100,000 | $322,200,000 | ||
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $73,000,000 | $229,100,000 | $618,600,000 | |
Amistad | DreamWorks Pictures | $36,000,000 | $44,300,000 | $58,300,000 | |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures | $70,000,000 | $216,500,000 | $485,000,000 |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $100,000,000 | $78,600,000 | $235,900,000 |
2002 | Minority Report | 20th Century Fox | $102,000,000 | $132,000,000 | $358,400,000 |
Catch Me If You Can | DreamWorks Pictures | $52,000,000 | $164,600,000 | $352,100,000 | |
2004 | The Terminal | $60,000,000 | $77,900,000 | $219,400,000 | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $132,000,000 | $234,300,000 | $603,900,000 |
Munich | Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | $70,000,000 | $47,000,000 | $131,000,000 | |
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount Pictures | $185,000,000 | $317,100,000 | $790,700,000 |
2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Paramount Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing | $135,000,000 | $77,600,000 | $374,000,000 |
War Horse | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $70,000,000 | $79,900,000 | $177,600,000 | |
2012 | Lincoln | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox | $65,000,000 | $183,000,000 | $275,300,000 |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | $40,000,000 | $72,300,000 | $165,600,000 | |
2016 | The BFG | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $140,000,000 | $55,500,000 | $195,200,000 |
2017 | The Post | 20th Century Fox | $50,000,000 | $81,900,000 | $179,800,000 |
2018 | Ready Player One | Warner Bros. Pictures | $175,000,000 | $137,000,000 | $583,000,000 |
2021 | West Side Story | 20th Century Studios | $100,000,000 | $38,530,000 | $76,000,000 |
2022 | The Fabelmans | Universal Pictures | $40,000,000 | $17,350,000 | $45,580,000 |
Total | $2,094,550,000 | $4,557,194,000 | $10,751,080,000 |
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Television
As director
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Year | Title | Notes |
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1969, 1971 |
Night Gallery | Pilot movie segment B "Eyes" Ep. 4 segment A "Make Me Laugh" |
1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Ep. 1–24 "The Daredevil Gesture" |
1971 | The Name of the Game | Ep. 3–16 "L.A. 2017" |
The Psychiatrist | Ep. 1–2 "The Private World of Martin Dalton" and Ep. 1–6 "Par for the Course" | |
Columbo | Ep. 1–1 "Murder by the Book" | |
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Ep. 1–3 "Eulogy for a Wide Receiver" | |
Duel | Television film, extended film version was also released to cinemas | |
1972 | Something Evil | Television film |
1973 | Savage | Television film, also editor |
1984 | Strokes of Genius | TV series (introductory segments hosted by Dustin Hoffman) |
1985–1987 | Amazing Stories | Ep. 1–1 "Ghost Train" and Ep. 1–5 "The Mission" (part of Amazing Stories: Book One) Also developer, writer of several episodes and executive producer |
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As executive producer
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Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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1990–1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Also voiced himself (Episode: "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian") | |
1991 | A Wish for Wings That Work | ||
1992 | The Water Engine | ||
The Plucky Duck Show | |||
1993–1995 | SeaQuest DSV | ||
1993 | Family Dog | ||
1993–1998 | Animaniacs | ||
1993 | Class of '61 | ||
1994 | Tiny Toon Adventures: Spring Break | ||
1995–1998 | Pinky and the Brain | ||
1995 | Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery | ||
1995–1997 | Freakazoid! | ||
1996 | Champs | ||
1996–1997 | High Incident | Also co-creator and story co-writer in "Pilot" | |
1996 | Survivors of the Holocaust | Also starring as himself | [61] |
1998–1999 | Toonsylvania | ||
1998 | Invasion America | ||
1998–1999 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | ||
2000 | Shooting War | Documentary | |
2001 | Price for Peace | ||
We Stand Alone Together | |||
Band of Brothers | |||
Semper Fi | |||
2002 | Taken | ||
2003 | Burma Bridge Busters | ||
2004 | Voices from the List | ||
2005 | Into the West | ||
Dan Finnerty & the Dan Band: I Am Woman | |||
2009–2011 | United States of Tara | ||
2010 | The Pacific | ||
2011–2015 | Falling Skies | ||
2011 | Terra Nova | ||
Locke & Key | |||
2012–2013 | Smash | ||
2012 | The River | ||
2013 | Lucky 7 | [62][63] | |
2013–2015 | Under the Dome | ||
2014–2015 | Extant | ||
Red Band Society | |||
2015 | The Whispers | ||
Public Morals | |||
Minority Report | |||
2016 | All the Way | Television film | |
2016–2019 | Bull | [64] | |
2017 | Five Came Back | Also starring as himself | |
2019 | Why We Hate | Documentary | |
2020 | Amazing Stories | ||
2020–2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | [65] | |
2020–2023 | Animaniacs | ||
2021 | Oslo | Television film | |
2022–2024 | Halo | ||
2023–present | Gremlins | ||
Tiny Toons Looniversity | |||
2023 | Life on Our Planet | Documentary | |
2024 | Masters of the Air | ||
2024–present | Jurassic World: Chaos Theory |
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Amazing Stories (1985–87) writing credits
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Season | Ep. | Title | Director | Credited as |
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1 | 1 | "Ghost Train" | Himself | Story by |
2 | "The Main Attraction" | Matthew Robbins | ||
3 | "Alamo Jobe" | Michael D. Moore | ||
4 | "Mummy Daddy" | William Dear | ||
5 | "The Mission" | Himself | ||
6 | "The Amazing Falsworth" | Peter Hyams | ||
7 | "Fine Tuning" | Bob Balaban | ||
10 | "Remote Control Man" | Bob Clark | ||
11 | "Santa '85" | Phil Joanou | ||
12 | "Vanessa in the Garden" | Clint Eastwood | Written by | |
14 | "No Day at the Beach" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Story by | |
16 | "Gather Ye Acorns" | Norman Reynolds | ||
18 | "Dorothy and Ben" | Thomas Carter | ||
19 | "Mirror, Mirror" | Martin Scorsese | ||
2 | 1 | "The Wedding Ring" | Danny DeVito | |
5 | "You Gotta Believe Me" | Kevin Reynolds | ||
6 | "The Greibble" | Joe Dante | ||
14 | "Blue Man Down" | Paul Michael Glaser |
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Video games
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Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Writer | |
1995 | The Dig | Writer | |
1996 | Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair | ||
1999 | Medal of Honor | Designer | |
2000 | Medal of Honor: Underground | ||
2002 | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Writer | |
Quest for the Code | [66] | ||
2008 | Boom Blox | Designer | |
2009 | Boom Blox Bash Party | Designer | |
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings | Creative consultant | [67] | |
– | LMNO | Cancelled | [68] |
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Music videos
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Director | Producer | Writer | Other | |||
1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | No | Yes | No | Actor | [69][70] |
1989 | "Liberian Girl" | No | No | No | Cameo | |
2022 | "Cannibal" | Yes | No | No | No | [71][72] |
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Books
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Year | Title | Role |
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2020 | Ready Player Two | Creative consultant in the final draft[73] |
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