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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