Spielberg

American  

[speel-burg] / ˈspil bɜrg /

noun

1. Steven, born 1947, U.S. film director.

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Spielberg British  

/ ˈspiːlbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Steven. born 1947, US film director, noted esp for the commercial success of such films as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its sequels, E.T. (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993). Other films include The Color Purple (1986), Schindler's List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Terminal (2004), and Lincoln (2012)

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Unless you’re Steven Spielberg, with enough money and success to have final-cut privilege, everything in a franchise blockbuster is bound to look flat, feel drab, and be nauseatingly overexplained.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

"It's a good idea because it's really hot in the morning and during the day," said Svetlana Spielberg, visiting from the United States, adding that it was "really beautiful" and "more romantic" at night.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Mr. Moral does not question Hitchcock’s mastery of the art of cinema, nor does he deny his influence on today’s filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Bong Joon-ho.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But that didn’t stop voters from embracing it, giving the show 19 nominations, including one for Dickey’s turn as the gruff town hall worker who is the Spielberg of overhead projector presentations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

And to top it off, when my students received an invitation to meet Steven Spielberg, it put some teachers right over the edge.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers