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Steven Spielberg Spielberg speaking at the Pentagon on August 11, 1999. Born Steven Allan Spielberg December 18, 1946 (1946-12-18) (age 62) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Years active 1964 - present Spouse(s) Amy Irving (1985-1989) Kate Capshaw (1991-present) [show]Awards won Academy Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1987 Best Director 1993 Schindler's List 1998 Saving Private Ryan Best Picture 1993 Schindler's List BAFTA Awards Best Direction 1993 Schindler's List Best Film 1993 Schindler's List Britannia Award 2001 Excellence in Film César Awards Honorary César 1995 Lifetime Achievement Emmy Awards Outstanding Animated Program 1991 Tiny Toon Adventures 1993 Tiny Toon Adventures 2000 Pinky and the Brain Outstanding Special Class Animated Program 1997 Freakazoid! 1999 Pinky and the Brain Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) 1996 A Pinky & the Brain Christmas Special Outstanding Miniseries 2002 Band of Brothers 2003 Taken Founders Award 2006 Golden Globe Awards Best Director - Motion Picture 1993 Schindler's List 1998 Saving Private Ryan Cecil B. DeMille Award 2009 Lifetime Achievement Other awards Saturn Award for Best Direction 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1993 Jurassic Park 2002 Minority Report Saturn Award for Best Writing 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 2001 Artificial Intelligence: AI NBR Award for Best Director 1987 Empire of the Sun AFI Life Achievement Award 1995 Lifetime Achievement BSFC 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 1993 Schindler's List Critics Choice Award for Best Director 1998 Saving Private Ryan 2002 Catch Me If You Can ; Minority Report NSFC Award for Best Director 1982 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 1993 Schindler's List Career Golden Lion 1993 Lifetime Achievement Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion.[2] In 2006, the magazine Premiere listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry. Time listed him as one of the 100 Greatest People of the Century. At the end of the twentieth century, Life named him the most influential person of his generation.[3] In a career of almost four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years his movies began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for 1993's Schindler's List and 1998's Saving Private Ryan. Three of Spielberg's films, Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), broke | ||||
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