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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"For me, how it feels is like Max won every single race here that he's ever participated in, in whatever car. So Spielberg is one of his strong places."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

After languishing in development hell under Stanley Kubrick for two decades, the notoriously intense auteur deferred the project to Spielberg, believing he would be the right fit to tell such a complex yet tender story.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Koepp said it was important for Spielberg to incorporate as much of the familiar lore around UFOs as possible, such as the 1947 discovery of debris in Roswell, N.M.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

I was figuring it out in real time and I was so honored that Steven Spielberg would trust me with such an important moment in his story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Keneally was so impressed by my students that a few days later we got an invita-tion to meet Steven Spielberg at Universal Studios.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers