Steven Spielberg filmography
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Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.[1] He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios.
In a career spanning more than four 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 five 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 unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $10 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history and the first to ever pass this milestone (on approximately April 16th 2018).
Films
Amateur films
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
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Director | Writer | Editor | ||||
1959 | The Last Gun | Yes | No | Yes | ||
1961 | Fighter Squad | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Escape to Nowhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
1964 | Firelight | Yes | Yes | Yes | Composer | |
1967 | Slipstream | Yes | Yes | No | unfinished |
Theatrical releases
Spielberg has worked as a producer, executive producer, director, or in an otherwise creative capacity on several films where he was not credited.
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
1968 | Amblin' | Yes | Yes | No | Short film | |
1971 | Duel | Yes | No | No | ||
1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | No | Yes | No | ||
1974 | The Sugarland Express | Yes | Yes | No | ||
1975 | Jaws | Yes | No | No | ||
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Yes | Yes | No | ||
1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
1979 | 1941 | Yes | No | No | ||
1980 | Used Cars | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
1981 | Continental Divide | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Yes | No | No | |||
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Poltergeist | No | Yes | No | |||
1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Yes | No | Yes | Segment: "Kick the Can" | |
1984 | Gremlins | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes | No | No | |||
1985 | Back to the Future | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
The Color Purple | Yes | No | Yes | |||
The Goonies | No | Yes | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Young Sherlock Holmes | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1986 | An American Tail | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
The Money Pit | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1987 | Batteries Not Included | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Empire of the Sun | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Innerspace | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
The Land Before Time | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1989 | Always | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Back to the Future Part II | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Tummy Trouble | No | No | Yes | Short film Executive producer |
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Dad | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Yes | No | No | |||
1990 | Arachnophobia | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Dreams | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Back to the Future Part III | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Roller Coaster Rabbit | No | No | Yes | Short film Executive producer |
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Joe Versus the Volcano | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | No | No | Yes | ||
Hook | Yes | No | No | |||
1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation | No | No | Yes | Direct-to-video Executive producer |
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1993 | Trail Mix-Up | No | No | Yes | Short film Executive producer |
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Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | |||
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Schindler's List | Yes | No | Yes | |||
1994 | The Flintstones | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
1995 | Casper | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Balto | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
1996 | Twister | No | No | Yes | Execuitve producer | |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | ||
Men in Black | No | No | Yes | Executive producer |
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Amistad | Yes | No | Yes | |||
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Yes | No | Yes | ||
The Last Days | No | No | Yes | Documentary Executive producer |
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The Mask of Zorro | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Deep Impact | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2000 | Shooting War | No | No | Yes | Documentary | |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Jurassic Park III | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2002 | Minority Report | Yes | No | No | ||
Men in Black II | No | No | No | Executive producer | ||
Catch Me If You Can | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2004 | The Terminal | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2005 | War of the Worlds | Yes | No | No | ||
The Legend of Zorro | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Memoirs of a Geisha | No | No | Yes | |||
Munich | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | No | No | Yes | ||
Letters from Iwo Jima | No | No | Yes | |||
Monster House | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2007 | Transformers | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Yes | No | No | ||
Eagle Eye | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
The Lovely Bones | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2010 | Hereafter | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
True Grit | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2011 | Super 8 | No | No | Yes | ||
Transformers: Dark of the Moon | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Cowboys & Aliens | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Real Steel | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
The Adventures of Tintin | Yes | No | Yes | |||
War Horse | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2012 | Men in Black 3 | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Lincoln | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
The Hundred-Foot Journey | No | No | Yes | |||
2015 | Jurassic World | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | |
Bridge of Spies | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2016 | The BFG | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | [5] |
The Post | Yes | No | Yes | |||
2018 | Ready Player One | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
The House with a Clock in Its Walls | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
First Man | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
Bumblebee | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | ||
2019 | The Turning | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | [6] |
MIB | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | [7] | |
Cats | No | No | Yes | Executive producer | [8] |
Himself/cameo
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
1975 | Jaws | Uncredited voice: Amity Point Lifestation Worker |
1980 | The Blues Brothers | County tax officer |
1982 | Room 666 | himself |
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 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | himself |
Vanilla Sky | Guest at party | |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | himself |
2004 | Double Dare | himself |
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | himself | |
2005 | Directed by John Ford | himself |
2006 | The Shark Is Still Working | himself |
2010 | Hollywood Don't Surf! | himself |
2011 | Paul | himself |
Other non-credited roles
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
1985 | Fandango | Executive producer [9] |
1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | Executive producer |
Three O'Clock High | Executive producer | |
1991 | A Brief History of Time | Executive producer |
Cape Fear | Executive producer | |
1994 | The Little Rascals | Executive producer[9] |
1998 | Small Soldiers | Executive producer[10] |
The Prince of Egypt | Executive producer[9] | |
1999 | The Haunting | Executive producer |
Wakko's Wish | Direct-to-video Executive producer | |
2001 | Shrek | Executive producer [9] |
Evolution | Executive producer [9] | |
2002 | Road to Perdition | Executive producer [9] |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Second unit director[11] |
Just Like Heaven | Executive producer [9] | |
2007 | Disturbia | Executive producer[9] |
2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | Executive producer[12] |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Co-directed one scene[13] |
2014 | Need for Speed | Executive producer[9] |
2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Executive producer |
Television
(lengths include commercials)
- Night Gallery (1969, 1971)
- pilot movie segment B "Eyes" [aired November 8, 1969] (30 min)
- ep4 segment A "Make Me Laugh" [aired January 6, 1971] (30 min)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970) ep 1–27 "The Daredevil Gesture" (60 min) [aired March 17, 1970]
- The Name of the Game (1971) ep 3–16 "L.A. 2017" (90 min) [aired January 15, 1971]
- The Psychiatrist (1971)
- ep. 1–2 "The Private World of Martin Dalton" (60 min) [aired February 10, 1971]
- ep. 1–6 "Par for the Course" (60 min) [aired March 10, 1971]
- (this was released on a VHS named The Visionary after the other episode included)
- Columbo (1971) ep. 1–1 "Murder by the Book" (90 min) [aired September 15, 1971]
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) ep. 1–3 "Eulogy for a Wide Receiver" (60 min) [aired September 30, 1971]
- Duel (1971) TV movie (90 min) (extended cut was released theatrically and on home video/DVD) [aired November 13, 1971]
- Something Evil (1972) TV movie (90 min) [aired January 21, 1972]
- Savage (1973) TV movie (90 min) [aired March 31, 1973]
- Strokes of Genius (1984) TV series (introductory segments hosted by Dustin Hoffman) [aired May 1984]
- Amazing Stories (1985–1987) (executive)
- ep 1–1 "Ghost Train" (30 min) [aired October 6, 1985]
- ep 1–5 "The Mission" (60 min) [aired November 3, 1985] (part of Amazing Stories: Book One)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) (TV) (executive)
- as the voice of White Rabbit and Himself (2 episodes)
- A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) (TV) (executive)
- The Habitation of Dragons (1992) (TV)
- The Water Engine (1992) (TV) (executive)
- The Plucky Duck Show (1992) (TV) (executive)
- SeaQuest DSV (1993–1995) (TV) (executive)
- Family Dog (1993) (TV) (executive)
- Animaniacs (1993–1998) (TV) (executive)
- Class of '61 (1993) (TV) (executive)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Spring Break (1994) (TV) (executive)
- Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998) (TV) (executive)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery (1995) (TV) (executive)
- Freakazoid! (1995–1997) (TV) (executive)
- High Incident (1996–1997) (TV) (creator)
- Toonsylvania (1998) (TV) (executive)
- Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998–1999) (TV) (executive)
- Price for Peace (2001) (executive)
- We Stand Alone Together (2001) (TV) (executive)
- Band of Brothers (2001) (TV) (executive)
- Semper Fi (2001) TV (executive)
- Taken (2002) (TV) (executive)
- Burma Bridge Busters (2003) (TV) (executive)
- Voices from the List (2004) (V) (executive)
- Into the West (2005) (TV) (executive)
- Dan Finnerty & the Dan Band: I Am Woman (2005) (TV) (executive)
- United States of Tara (2009–2011) (TV) (executive)
- The Pacific (2010) (executive)
- Falling Skies (2011–2015) (TV) (executive)
- Terra Nova (2011) (TV) (executive)
- Smash (2012–2013) (TV) (executive)
- The River (2012) TV series (executive)
- Under the Dome (2013–2015) TV series (executive)
- Extant (2014–2015) (TV) (executive)
- Red Band Society (2014–2015) (TV) (executive)
- The Whispers (2015) (TV) (executive)
- Public Morals (2015) (TV) (executive)
- Minority Report (2015) (TV) (executive)
- Bull (2016–present) (TV) (executive)
- Five Came Back (2017) (TV) (executive)
- Halo (2019) (TV) (Executive)
Video games
- The Dig (1995)
- Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996)
- Medal of Honor (1999)
- Medal of Honor: Underground (2000)
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002)
- Boom Blox (2008)
- Boom Blox Bash Party (2009)
- LMNO (cancelled)
Music video
Year | Film | Credited as | Ref. | |||
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Director | Producer | Writer | Other | |||
1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"[14] | No | Yes | No | Actor | [15] |
References
- ↑ The cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of light. Nigel Morris. Wallflower Press. 2007
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg to Harvard grads: Be the movie heroes of real life". The Economic Times.
- ↑ Directors with two or more Oscars
- ↑ Higgins, Bill (April 7, 2012). "'Jaws': Revisiting Hollywood's First Summer Blockbuster". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Berney, Paul (2016-06-01). "Guess Who's Back for 'Transformers: The Last Knight'!". Action A Go Go, LLC. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ↑ Higgins, Adam (21 February 2018). "Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg begins filming new horror movie The Turning in Wicklow". The Irish Sun. News Group Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ↑ "Film Releases". Variety Insight. Variety Media. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (31 August 2019). "'Cats' Will Pounce During Christmas 2019 Frame; 'Wicked' Moves". Deadline. Deadline. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "If Only It Were True by Marc Levy – Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ "Small Soldiers - Thoughts". www.warriorsinc.com.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg helped out on Revenge of the Sith". 31 March 2005.
- ↑ "Skunk & Burning Tires, Steven Spielberg Suggests 'Bigger' Ending for..." Skunk & Burning Tires.
- ↑ "Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Open Up About Wolf of Wall Street". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ↑ CyndiLauperVEVO (27 September 2010). "Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'r' Good Enough" – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Get Ready for 'Goonies' Weekend With Cyndi Lauper's 'Goonies 'R' Good Enough' Mini-Movie". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-22.