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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Spielberg

Spielberg makes the contemporary connections hard to ignore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Steven Spielberg even said the movie was so good it discouraged him, the man who made Jaws, from wanting to direct a new horror film himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Spielberg said, 'The Great Escape is one of my favourite films, and I have 300 chickens on my ranch!' So it went very well."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

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