Steven Spielberg - Overview

Date of Birth: Dec 18, 1946

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio

Nationality: American

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Perhaps the western world's most famous living filmmaker, Steven Spielberg succeeded in combining the intimacy of a personal vision with the epic requirements of the modern commercial blockbuster. Though his astonishing success delayed his acceptance as a serious artist for many years, few could deny that Spielberg’s work decisively influenced twentieth century filmmaking through his potent visual imagery and universally recognizable emotion. If nothing else, Spielberg’s films were landmarks in special effects, both in their visual and aural aspects, and they additionally possessed an uncanny knack for eliciting audience response. Spielberg's success also allowed him to pursue numerous philanthropic and cultural projects like no other filmmaker of his generation. An active supporter of projects that affected modern Jewish life, Spielberg served as chairman for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, an ambitious project devoted to filming interviews with Holocaust survivors. In addition, he was a vocal champion of artists’ rights and creative freedom... Read More

Filmography (89)

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

The Lovely Bones (2010)

Inside the Actors Studio (2009)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Fog City Mavericks (2008)

Eagle Eye (2008)

Photos (5)

Milestones (61)

2010
Re-teamed with Tom Hanks to executive produce HBO's 10-part miniseries, "The Pacific"

2010
Re-teamed with Tom Hanks to executive produce HBO's 10-part miniseries, "The Pacific," which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries

2009
Re-teamed with Michael Bay, who directed, to produce the sequel "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

2008
Returned to direct the fourth installment of the adventure series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

2007
Executive produced "Transformers," the live action film based on the franchise and toy line

2007
Teamed with Mark Burnett for "On the Lot," an American Idol-meets-Apprentice-style Fox reality series

2006
Produced the Clint Eastwood directed WWII dramas, "Flags of Our Fathers" and the companion piece "Letters from Iwo Jima"; earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as the producer of "Iwo Jima"

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