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Also Known As Steven Allan Spielberg
Born December 18, 1946 (age 79) • Cincinnati • Ohio
Founder DreamWorks SKG
Awards And Honors Tony Awards • Golden Globe Award • EGOT • Emmy Award • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015) • Kennedy Center Honors (2006) • Academy Award (1999) • Academy Award (1994) • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1987)
Notable Works “1941” • “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” • “Amistad” • “Bridge of Spies” • “Catch Me If You Can” • “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” • “Duel” • “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” • “Empire of the Sun” • “Hook” • “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” • “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” • “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” • “Jaws” • “Jurassic Park” • “Lincoln” • “Minority Report” • “Munich” • “Raiders of the Lost Ark” • “Ready Player One” • “Saving Private Ryan” • “Schindler’s List” • “The Adventures of Tintin” • “The BFG” • “The Color Purple” • “The Post” • “The Terminal” • “War Horse” • “War of the Worlds” • “West Side Story”

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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in The Color Purple, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and glasses, looks up while holding an open book in a church setting.
Oprah Winfrey as Sofia stands in a wooden doorway with one arm raised and her hand on her hip, wearing an apron and patterned skirt, in a scene from The Color Purple (1985).
George Lucas stands at the center with Steven Spielberg seated at a monitor and Harrison Ford in costume as Indiana Jones on the set of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, surrounded by crew.
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