Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio but raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona) is an Oscar winning Jewish American film director and producer whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. He is noted in recent years for his willingness to tackle emotionally powerful issues, such as the horrors of the Holocaust in Schindler's List, slavery in Amistad, and the hardships of war in Saving Private Ryan. One consistent theme in his work is a childlike, even naïve, sense of wonderment and faith, as attested by works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Hook and A.I..

Films by Spielberg

• War of the Worlds (2005)
• The Terminal (2004)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• ' (2001)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Academy Award, Best Director)
• ' (1997)
• Amistad (1997)
• Schindler's List (1993) (Academy Award, Best Director, Best Picture)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Hook (1991)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Always (1989)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• 1941 (1979)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Sugarland Express (1974)

See also: List of Spielberg films

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Salaries

• Schindler's List (1993) $0 (Asked not to be paid)
• Jurassic Park (1993) $250,000,000 (gross and profit participations)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) $1,500,000 + % of gross