In 1993, Spielberg directed back-to-back box office hits with the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park, the highest-grossing film ever at the time, and the Holocaust drama Schindler's List, which has often been listed as one of the greatest films ever made. He subsequently explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). the Extra-Terrestrial the highest-grossing film ever at the time of their respective releases. All these films were among the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1970s and 1980s, with Jaws and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the Indiana Jones original trilogy (1981–89). He then directed huge box office successes Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. He made his theatrical film debut with The Sugarland Express (1974) and became a household name with the 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws. After directing several episodes for television, including Night Gallery and Columbo, he directed the television film Duel (1971), which later received an international theatrical release.

He moved to California and studied film in college. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as 'culturally, historically or aesthetically significant'. DeMille Award in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. He is the recipient of many accolades, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and four Directors Guild of America Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Cecil B. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director in history. Steven Allan Spielberg KBE ( / ˈ s p iː l b ɜːr ɡ/ born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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