Steven Spielberg filmography
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 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 worldwide box office receipts of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $10 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in cinematic history.
Films
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
Feature film
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
1964 | Firelight | Yes | No | Yes | Amateur film; also editor, cinematographer and composer | |
1971 | Duel | Yes | No | No | ||
1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | No | No | Story | Directed by John Erman | [5] |
1974 | The Sugarland Express | Yes | No | Story | ||
1975 | Jaws | Yes | No | No | [6] | |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Yes | No | Yes | [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 | Directed by Tobe Hooper | [11] | |
1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Yes | Yes | No | Segment: "Kick the Can" | [12] |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes | No | No | [13] | |
1985 | The Color Purple | Yes | Yes | No | [14] | |
The Goonies | No | Executive | Story | Directed by Richard Donner; uncredited 2nd Unit Director | ||
1987 | Empire of the Sun | Yes | Yes | No | [15] | |
1989 | Always | Yes | Yes | No | [16] | |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Yes | No | No | [17] | ||
1991 | Hook | Yes | No | No | [18] | |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | [19] | |
Schindler's List | Yes | Yes | No | [20] | ||
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | [21] | |
Amistad | Yes | Yes | No | [22] | ||
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Yes | Yes | No | [23] | |
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | [24] | |
2002 | Minority Report | Yes | No | No | [25] | |
Catch Me If You Can | Yes | Yes | No | [26] | ||
2004 | The Terminal | Yes | Yes | No | [27] | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Yes | No | No | [28] | |
Munich | Yes | Yes | No | [29] | ||
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Yes | No | No | [30] | |
2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Yes | Yes | No | [31] | |
War Horse | Yes | Yes | No | [32] | ||
2012 | Lincoln | Yes | Yes | No | [33] | |
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Yes | Yes | No | [34] | |
2016 | The BFG | Yes | Yes | No | [35] | |
2017 | The Post | Yes | Yes | No | [36] | |
2018 | Ready Player One | Yes | Yes | No | [37] | |
2020 | West Side Story | Yes | Yes | No | Post-production | [38] |
Short film
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Producer | Writer | ||||
1959 | The Last Gun | Yes | Yes | No | ||
1961 | Fighter Squad | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Escape to Nowhere | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
1967 | Slipstream | Yes | Yes | No | Unfinished | |
1968 | Amblin' | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Producing credits
Producer
Year | Film | Director | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | [39] |
2022 | Indiana Jones 5 | James Mangold |
Executive producer
Cameos
Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1975 | Jaws | Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) | |
1980 | The Blues Brothers | County tax officer | |
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) |
Documentary appearances
Year | Film | Ref. |
---|---|---|
1982 | Room 666 | |
2000 | Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation | |
2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | |
2004 | Double Dare | |
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | ||
2005 | Directed by John Ford | |
2006 | The Shark Is Still Working | |
2010 | Hollywood Don't Surf! | |
2017 | Spielberg |
Other non-credited roles
Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Fandango | Executive producer | [47] |
1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | ||
Three O'Clock High | |||
1991 | A Brief History of Time | ||
Cape Fear | |||
1994 | The Little Rascals | [47] | |
1998 | Small Soldiers | [48] | |
The Prince of Egypt | [47] | ||
1999 | The Haunting | ||
2001 | Shrek | [47] | |
Evolution | [47] | ||
2002 | Road to Perdition | [47] | |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Second unit director | [49] |
Just Like Heaven | Executive producer | [47] | |
2007 | Disturbia | [47] | |
2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | [50] | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Co-directed one scene | [51] |
2016 | All the Way | Executive producer | [52] |
2014 | Need for Speed | [47] | |
2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | ||
2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | [53] |
Television
As director
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1969, 1971 |
Night Gallery | Pilot movie segment B "Eyes" Ep. 4 segment A "Make Me Laugh" |
|
1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Ep. 1–27 "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" | ||
Duel | Television film | ||
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Ep. 1–3 "Eulogy for a Wide Receiver" | ||
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 several episodes and executive producer |
|
As executive producer
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1990–1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Also voiced White Rabbit and Himself (2 episodes) | |
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! | ||
1996–1997 | High Incident | Also co-creator | |
1996 | Survivors of the Holocaust | Also starring as himself | [54] |
1998 | Toonsylvania | ||
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 | ||
2013–2015 | Under the Dome | ||
2014–2015 | Extant | ||
Red Band Society | |||
2015 | The Whispers | ||
Public Morals | |||
Minority Report | |||
2016–2019 | Bull | [55] | |
2017 | Five Came Back | ||
2019–present | Roswell, New Mexico | ||
2020 | Amazing Stories | ||
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous | |||
Animaniacs | |||
Amazing Stories (1985-87) writing credits
Season | Ep. | Title | Director | Credited as |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Video games
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
2008 | Boom Blox | Designer | |
2009 | Boom Blox Bash Party | Designer | |
– | LMNO | Cancelled | [56] |
Music video
Year | Film | Credited as | Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Director | Producer | Writer | Other | |||
1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"[57] | No | Yes | No | Actor | [58] |
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