Steven Spielberg filmography
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Steven Spielberg is an American filmmaker. 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 Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures.
In a career spanning more than five 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 , 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 six 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, making him the highest-grossing director in cinematic history.
Film
Spielberg has worked as a producer, executive producer, director, or in an otherwise creative capacity on several films where he was not credited.
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Director and writer
Short films
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Yes | Unfinished |
| 1968 | Amblin' | Yes | No | Yes | Also uncredited editor[citation needed] |
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Firelight | Yes | No | Yes | Partially lost | |
| 1971 | Duel | Yes | No | No | Extended theatrical version of original TV movie | |
| 1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | No | No | Story | [5] | |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | Yes | No | Story | Theatrical film directing debut | |
| 1975 | Jaws | Yes | No | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2001 | [6] |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Yes | No | Yes | Also visual effects concepts Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007 |
[7] |
| 1979 | 1941 | Yes | No | No | [8] | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Yes | No | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1999 | [9] |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Yes | Yes | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994 | [10] |
| Poltergeist | No[a] | Yes | Yes | [11][12] | ||
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Yes | Yes | No | Segment: "Kick the Can" | [13] |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes | No | No | [14] | |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Yes | Yes | No | [15] | |
| The Goonies | No | Executive | Story | Also uncredited second-unit director and editor | [16] | |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Yes | Yes | No | [17] | |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Yes | No | No | [18] | |
| Always | Yes | Yes | No | [19] | ||
| 1991 | Hook | Yes | No | No | [20] | |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2018 | [21] |
| Schindler's List | Yes | Yes | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2004 | [22] | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Yes | No | No | [23] | |
| Amistad | Yes | Yes | No | [24] | ||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Yes | Yes | No | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014 | [25] |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Yes | Yes | Yes | [26] | |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Yes | No | No | [27] | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Yes | Yes | No | [28] | ||
| 2004 | The Terminal | Yes | Yes | No | [29] | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Yes | No | No | [30] | |
| Munich | Yes | Yes | No | [31] | ||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Yes | No | No | [32] | ||
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Yes | Yes | No | Also lighting consultant and uncredited virtual camera operator | [33] |
| War Horse | Yes | Yes | No | [34] | ||
| 2012 | Lincoln | Yes | Yes | No | [35] | |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Yes | Yes | No | [36] | |
| 2016 | The BFG | Yes | Yes | No | [37] | |
| 2017 | The Post | Yes | Yes | No | [38] | |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Yes | Yes | No | [39] | |
| 2021 | West Side Story | Yes | Yes | No | Also end title designer | |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2026 | Disclosure Day † | Yes | Yes | Story | Post-production | [40][41] |
Producing credits
Producer
| Year | Title | 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 | [42] |
| 2023 | Maestro | Bradley Cooper | ||
| The Color Purple | Blitz the Ambassador | |||
| 2024 | Music by John Williams | Laurent Bouzereau | Documentary film | |
| 2025 | Hamnet | Chloé Zhao |
Executive producer
Documentary films
| Year | Title | Director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Last Days | James Moll | |
| 2000 | A Holocaust szemei | János Szász | |
| 2006 | Spell Your Name | Sergey Bukovsky | [46] |
| 2013 | Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck |
Laurent Bouzereau | [47] |
| 2016 | Finding Oscar | Ryan Suffern | [48] |
Cameos
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Jaws | Amity Point Lifestation Worker (voice) | Steven Spielberg |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Cook County Assessor | John Landis |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Tourist at Airport | Steven Spielberg |
| Gremlins | Man in Electric Wheelchair | Joe Dante | |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Man in scooter | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Man Eating Popcorn | Steven Spielberg |
| Men in Black | Alien on TV Monitor | Barry Sonnenfeld | |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Guest at party | Cameron Crowe |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Himself | Jay Roach |
| 2011 | Paul | Himself (voice) | Greg Mottola |
Documentary appearances
Other uncredited roles
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Scarface | Co-directed one scene for Brian De Palma | Brian De Palma | [49] |
| 1984 | The NeverEnding Story | Assisted in post-production | Wolfgang Petersen | [50] |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Creative consultant | Ridley Scott | [51] |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Second-unit director | George Lucas | [52] |
| 2011 | Fright Night | Storyboarding scenes and assistance with editing | Craig Gillespie | [53] |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Co-directed one scene for Martin Scorsese | Martin Scorsese | [54] |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Provided some story suggestions to Dean DeBlois | Dean DeBlois | [55] |
| 2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Creative consultant | Gareth Edwards | [56] |
Box office performances of feature films
| Year | Film | Budget | Domestic | Total worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Duel | $450,000 | N/A | N/A |
| 1974 | The Sugarland Express | $3,000,000 | $6,500,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 1975 | Jaws | $9,000,000 | $265,900,000 | $476,500,000 |
| 1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | $19,400,000 | $135,190,000 | $306,100,000 |
| 1979 | 1941 | $35,000,000 | $23,400,000 | $90,000,000 |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $20,000,000 | $248,100,000 | $389,900,000 |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $10,500,000 | $438,000,000 | $792,900,000 |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $28,200,000 | $180,000,000 | $331,000,000 |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | $15,000,000 | $98,500,000 | $142,000,000 |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | $25,000,000 | $22,200,000 | $66,700,000 |
| 1989 | Always | $31,000,000 | $43,900,000 | $74,100,000 |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $48,000,000 | $197,200,000 | $474,200,000 | |
| 1991 | Hook | $70,000,000 | $119,700,000 | $300,100,000 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | $63,000,000 | $402,500,000 | $1,046,000,000 |
| Schindler's List | $22,000,000 | $96,100,000 | $322,200,000 | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $73,000,000 | $229,100,000 | $618,600,000 |
| Amistad | $36,000,000 | $44,300,000 | $58,300,000 | |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $70,000,000 | $216,500,000 | $485,000,000 |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | $100,000,000 | $78,600,000 | $235,900,000 |
| 2002 | Minority Report | $102,000,000 | $132,000,000 | $358,400,000 |
| Catch Me If You Can | $52,000,000 | $164,600,000 | $352,100,000 | |
| 2004 | The Terminal | $60,000,000 | $77,900,000 | $219,400,000 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | $132,000,000 | $234,300,000 | $603,900,000 |
| Munich | $70,000,000 | $47,000,000 | $131,000,000 | |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $185,000,000 | $317,100,000 | $790,700,000 |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | $135,000,000 | $77,600,000 | $374,000,000 |
| War Horse | $70,000,000 | $79,900,000 | $177,600,000 | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | $65,000,000 | $183,000,000 | $275,300,000 |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | $40,000,000 | $72,300,000 | $165,600,000 |
| 2016 | The BFG | $140,000,000 | $55,500,000 | $195,200,000 |
| 2017 | The Post | $50,000,000 | $81,900,000 | $179,800,000 |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | $175,000,000 | $137,000,000 | $583,000,000 |
| 2021 | West Side Story | $100,000,000 | $38,530,000 | $76,000,000 |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | $40,000,000 | $17,350,000 | $45,580,000 |
| Total | $2,094,550,000 | $4,557,194,000 | $10,751,080,000 | |
Television
As director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1969, 1971 |
Night Gallery | Pilot movie segment B "Eyes" Ep. 4 segment A "Make Me Laugh" |
| 1970 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Ep. 1–24 "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" | |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Ep. 1–3 "Eulogy for a Wide Receiver" | |
| Duel | Television film, extended film version was also released to cinemas | |
| 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 of several episodes and executive producer |
As executive producer
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Also voiced himself (Episode: "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian") | |
| 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 | Champs | ||
| 1996–1997 | High Incident | Also co-creator and story co-writer in "Pilot" | |
| 1996 | Survivors of the Holocaust | Also starring as himself | [57] |
| 1998–1999 | Toonsylvania | ||
| 1998 | Invasion America | ||
| 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 | Lucky 7 | [58][59] | |
| 2013–2015 | Under the Dome | ||
| 2014–2015 | Extant | ||
| Red Band Society | |||
| 2015 | The Whispers | ||
| Public Morals | |||
| Minority Report | |||
| 2016 | All the Way | Television film | |
| 2016–2019 | Bull | [60] | |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Also starring as himself | |
| 2019 | Why We Hate | Documentary | |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | ||
| 2020–2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | [61] | |
| 2020–2023 | Animaniacs | ||
| 2021 | Oslo | Television film | |
| 2022–2024 | Halo | ||
| 2023–present | Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai | ||
| 2023–2025 | Tiny Toons Looniversity | ||
| 2023 | Life on Our Planet | Documentary | |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | ||
| 2024–2025 | Jurassic World: Chaos Theory | ||
| 2026 | The Dinosaurs | Documentary |
Amazing Stories (1985–87) writing credits
| Season | Ep. | Title | Credited as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Ghost Train" | Story by |
| 2 | "The Main Attraction" | ||
| 3 | "Alamo Jobe" | ||
| 4 | "Mummy Daddy" | ||
| 5 | "The Mission" | ||
| 6 | "The Amazing Falsworth" | ||
| 7 | "Fine Tuning" | ||
| 10 | "Remote Control Man" | ||
| 11 | "Santa '85" | ||
| 12 | "Vanessa in the Garden" | Written by | |
| 14 | "No Day at the Beach" | Story by | |
| 16 | "Gather Ye Acorns" | ||
| 18 | "Dorothy and Ben" | ||
| 19 | "Mirror, Mirror" | ||
| 2 | 1 | "The Wedding Ring" | |
| 5 | "You Gotta Believe Me" | ||
| 6 | "The Greibble" | ||
| 14 | "Blue Man Down" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Writer | |
| 1995 | The Dig | ||
| 1996 | Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair | ||
| 1999 | Medal of Honor | Designer | |
| 2000 | Medal of Honor: Underground | ||
| 2002 | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Writer | |
| Quest for the Code | [62] | ||
| 2008 | Boom Blox | Designer | |
| 2009 | Boom Blox Bash Party | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings | Creative consultant | [63] |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Credited as | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Other | |||
| 1985 | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | No | Yes | Actor | [64][65] |
| 1989 | "Liberian Girl" | No | No | Cameo | |
| 2022 | "Cannibal" | Yes | No | No | [66][67] |
Books
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ready Player Two | Creative consultant in the final draft[68] |
See also
Notes
- Spielberg has sometimes been suggested to be an uncredited co-director or even the main director over Tobe Hooper, with differing accounts by crew. See Poltergeist (1982 film) § Creative credit.