Steven Spielberg
Born 1946 · American filmmaker
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.
Steven Spielberg, in order
- 1961 Escape to Nowhere: directed, wrote
- 1964 Firelight: directed, wrote · audiences 22%
- 1968 Amblin' (short film): directed, wrote · audiences 59%
- 1970 The Psychiatrist (TV series): directed
- 1971 Columbo (TV series): directed · audiences 83% · streaming on Tubi, Fandango at Home (free), Prime Video
- 1971 Duel: directed · critics 90%, audiences 84%
- 1971 The Name of the Game (TV series): directed
- 1972 Something Evil (TV movie): directed · audiences 24%
- 1973 Watch Dog (TV movie): directed · audiences 33%
- 1974 The Sugarland Express: directed, wrote · critics 87%, audiences 66%
- 1975 Jaws: directed, acted · critics 97%, audiences 98% · streaming on Netflix
- 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: directed, wrote · critics 91%, audiences 85% · streaming on Peacock, Tubi
- 1979 1941: directed · critics 37%, audiences 48% · streaming on Fawesome
- 1980 The Blues Brothers: acted · directed by John Landis · critics 72%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix
- 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark: directed · critics 94%, audiences 96% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: directed, produced · critics 99%, audiences 72%
- 1982 Poltergeist: wrote, produced · directed by Tobe Hooper · critics 89%, audiences 79% · streaming on AMC+
- 1982 Room 666: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · audiences 53% · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie: directed, produced · critics 57%, audiences 55% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
- 1984 Gremlins: acted · directed by Joe Dante · critics 86%, audiences 78% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: directed, acted · critics 77%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1985 Amazing Stories (TV series): directed, created, produced · audiences 63%
- 1985 The Color Purple: directed, produced · critics 73%, audiences 94%
- 1985 The Goonies: wrote · directed by Richard Donner · critics 77%, audiences 90% · streaming on Peacock, Pluto TV
- 1986 An American Tail: produced · directed by Don Bluth · critics 76%, audiences 71%
- 1986 The Money Pit: produced · directed by Richard Benjamin · critics 52%, audiences 58% · streaming on Philo
- 1987 Batteries Not Included: produced · directed by Matthew Robbins · critics 57%, audiences 64%
- 1987 Empire of the Sun: directed, produced · critics 75%, audiences 90%
- 1989 Always: directed · critics 72%, audiences 58% · streaming on Netflix
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: directed · critics 84%, audiences 94% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1990 Arachnophobia: produced · directed by Frank Marshall · critics 92%, audiences 55% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Tubi
- 1990 Dreams: produced · directed by Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda · critics 67%, audiences 86% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch: produced · directed by Joe Dante · critics 71%, audiences 59% · streaming on HBO Max, YouTube (free)
- 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano: produced · directed by John Patrick Shanley · critics 65%, audiences 54% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
- 1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones: acted · directed by Ellen Weissbrod
- 1991 A Brief History of Time: produced · directed by Errol Morris · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
- 1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West: produced · directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells · critics 59%, audiences 62%
- 1991 Back to the Future: The Ride (short film): produced · directed by Douglas Trumbull
- 1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.: acted · directed by Robert Guenette
- 1991 Hook: directed · critics 37%, audiences 76%
- 1993 Animaniacs (TV series): produced · streaming on Tubi
- 1993 Jurassic Park: directed, produced · critics 91%, audiences 91% · streaming on Hulu, Disney+
- 1993 Schindler's List: directed, produced · critics 98%, audiences 97%
- 1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story: produced · directed by Dick Zondag and Phil Nibbelink · critics 40%, audiences 51%
- 1994 A Century of Cinema: acted · directed by Caroline Thomas
- 1994 Barbra: The Concert: acted · directed by Barbra Streisand and Dwight Hemion
- 1994 Tombés du ciel: produced · directed by Philippe Lioret
- 1995 Balto: produced · directed by Simon Wells · critics 54%, audiences 70%
- 1995 Casper: produced · directed by Brad Silberling · critics 59%, audiences 51% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock
- 1995 Pinky and the Brain (TV series): created · critics 75%, audiences 88%
- 1995 Your Studio and You (short film): acted · directed by Trey Parker
- 1996 High Incident (TV series): created
- 1996 Survivors of the Holocaust: produced, acted · directed by Allan Holzman · audiences 50%
- 1997 Amistad: directed, produced · critics 78%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1997 Men in Black: produced, acted · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · critics 91%, audiences 80% · streaming on Philo, Tubi
- 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park: directed, acted · critics 57%, audiences 52% · streaming on Hulu
- 1998 Invasion America (TV series): created · critics 40%
- 1998 Saving Private Ryan: directed, produced · critics 94%, audiences 95% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1999 The Unfinished Journey: directed
- 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence: directed, wrote · critics 76%, audiences 64% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2001 Band of Brothers (TV series): produced · directed by David Frankel and David Leland · critics 94%, audiences 97% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2001 Jurassic Park III: produced · directed by Joe Johnston · critics 49%, audiences 37% · streaming on Hulu
- 2001 Shrek: produced · directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson · critics 89%, audiences 90% · streaming on Peacock
- 2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures: acted · directed by Jan Harlan · critics 86%, audiences 89%
- 2001 To End All Wars: produced · directed by David L. Cunningham · critics 62%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
- 2001 Vanilla Sky: acted · directed by Cameron Crowe · critics 41%, audiences 72% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember: acted · directed by Jay Roach · critics 52%, audiences 44%
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can: directed · critics 96%, audiences 89% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2002 Minority Report: directed · critics 89%, audiences 80% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, Starz
- 2002 Taken (TV series): produced · directed by Breck Eisner and Félix Enríquez Alcalá · audiences 100%
- 2004 Double Dare: acted · directed by Amanda Micheli · critics 97%, audiences 79%
- 2004 Imaginary Witness: acted · directed by Daniel Anker · critics 88%, audiences 83%
- 2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing: acted · directed by Wendy Apple · audiences 83% · streaming on Starz
- 2004 The Terminal: directed, produced · critics 61%, audiences 73% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha: produced · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 35%, audiences 83%
- 2005 Munich: directed, produced · critics 79%, audiences 83% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2005 The Legend of Zorro: produced · directed by Martin Campbell · critics 27%, audiences 47%
- 2005 War of the Worlds: directed · critics 76%, audiences 42% · streaming on Apple TV, HBO Max, Paramount+
- 2006 Flags of Our Fathers: produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 76%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima: produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 91%, audiences 86%
- 2006 Monster House: produced · directed by Gil Kenan · critics 75%, audiences 64%
- 2006 Spell Your Name: produced · directed by Serhii Bukovskyi
- 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: directed · critics 77%, audiences 53% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2009 United States of Tara (TV series): produced · critics 85%, audiences 86% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2010 Hereafter: produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 48%, audiences 38% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 2010 True Grit: produced · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 95%, audiences 85% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2010 Waking Sleeping Beauty: acted · directed by Don Hahn · critics 71%, audiences 80% · streaming on Disney+
- 2011 Falling Skies (TV series): produced · critics 79%, audiences 68% · streaming on Netflix
- 2011 Hollywood Don't Surf!: acted · directed by Greg MacGillivray and Sam George
- 2011 Paul: acted · directed by Greg Mottola · critics 70%, audiences 62% · streaming on Peacock, YouTube (free)
- 2011 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan: acted · directed by Gilles Penso
- 2011 Super 8: produced · directed by J. J. Abrams · critics 81%, audiences 75% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2011 The Adventures of Tintin: directed, produced · critics 75%, audiences 74% · streaming on Paramount+, Peacock, Kanopy
- 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2011 War Horse: directed, produced · critics 74%, audiences 74%
- 2012 Lincoln: directed, produced · critics 90%, audiences 80%
- 2012 The Shark Is Still Working: acted · directed by Erik Hollander · critics 100%, audiences 90%
- 2013 Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth: acted · directed by Pratibha Parmar · critics 100%
- 2013 Drew: The Man Behind the Poster: acted · directed by Erik Sharkey · critics 44%, audiences 71% · streaming on Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2013 Jurassic Park 3D: directed
- 2013 Milius: acted · directed by Zak Charles Knutson · critics 94%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV, YouTube (free)
- 2013 Under the Dome (TV series): produced · directed by David Barrett and Dennie Gordon · critics 67%, audiences 44% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... (TV movie): acted · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
- 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey: produced · directed by Lasse Hallström · critics 69%, audiences 81% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2015 Back in Time: acted · directed by Jason Aron · audiences 47% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 2015 Bridge of Spies: directed, produced · critics 91%, audiences 87%
- 2015 Jurassic World: produced · directed by Colin Trevorrow · critics 72%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hulu, Tubi
- 2015 The Whispers (TV series): produced · critics 71%, audiences 69%
- 2016 The BFG: directed, produced · critics 74%, audiences 57% · streaming on Disney+
- 2017 Behind the Scenes: acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian
- 2017 The Post: directed · critics 88%, audiences 74%
- 2018 Living Space: directed, wrote · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2018 Ready Player One: directed, produced · critics 71%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2020 The Turning: produced · directed by Floria Sigismondi · critics 12%, audiences 15% · streaming on Prime Video (free), MX Player
- 2021 West Side Story: directed, produced · critics 91%, audiences 93% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
- 2022 The Fabelmans: directed, wrote, produced · critics 92%, audiences 83% · streaming on Peacock
- 2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: produced · directed by James Mangold · critics 71%, audiences 87% · streaming on Disney+
- 2023 Maestro: produced · directed by Bradley Cooper · critics 78%, audiences 87% · streaming on Netflix
- 2023 The Color Purple: produced · directed by Blitz the Ambassador · critics 81%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (TV series): produced · audiences 90% · streaming on Netflix
- 2024 Music by John Williams: produced · directed by Laurent Bouzereau · critics 100%, audiences 97% · streaming on Disney+
- 2024 Transformers One: produced · directed by Josh Cooley · critics 89%, audiences 97% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 2025 Hamnet: produced · directed by Chloé Zhao · critics 86%, audiences 93% · streaming on Netflix
- 2025 The Thursday Murder Club: produced · directed by Chris Columbus · critics 77%, audiences 54% · streaming on Netflix
- 2026 Disclosure Day: directed, produced · critics 79%, audiences 69%
- Bullitt: directed · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Tubi
- The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara: directed, produced