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Spielberg is the recipient of various awards including three Academy Awards (with two for Best Director ), two British Academy Film Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, three Directors Guild of America Awards, and seven Producers Guild of America Awards.
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2023 Nominee Oscar. Best Original Screenplay. The Fabelmans. Shared with: Tony Kushner. 2022 Nominee Oscar. Best Motion Picture of the Year. West Side Story. Shared with: Kristie Macosko Krieger. 19 more. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 2022 Nominee Saturn Award. Best Director. West Side Story. 2019 Nominee Saturn Award.
- 'Jaws'
- 'Raiders of The Lost Ark'
- 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'
- 'The Color Purple'
- 'Schindler’s List'
- 'Saving Private Ryan'
- 'Munich'
- 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
- 'War Horse'
- 'Lincoln'
Spielberg’s seminal hit about a shark terrorizing a local beach community received a best picture nomination. John Williams, a frequent Spielberg collaborator, won his first Oscar for the classic, for best original score.
The first entry in the Indiana Jones franchise garnered Spielberg a best picture and best director nomination.
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," a heartfelt science fiction film centered around companionship between kids and their alien pal, earned Spielberg a Best Director and Best Picture nomination.
Though "The Color Purple," an adaptation of Alice Walker's novel, earned 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture, it was shut out of all categories. The film marked Oprah Winfrey’s film debut; she earned an acting nomination.
For "Schindler’s List," a harrowing Holocaust drama, Spielberg won for best picture and best director. "I have friends who have won this before, but ... I have never held one before. This is the first time I’ve ever had one of these in my hand," he said at the start of his acceptance speech, going on to thank people connected to the story.
Spielberg scored a best picture nomination and a best director win for this military epic. He also dedicated the film to his late father, who was a World War II veteran.
"Munich," a spy drama centered around the Israeli government’s response towards a terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympics, was nominated twice at the Academy Awards for best director and best picture. That year, Ang Lee won the best director category for "Brokeback Mountain," and "Crash" won best picture.
Spielberg produced this best picture nominee alongside Clint Eastwood, who directed. The Japanese language movie depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima, a WWII battle, from the perspective of Japanese soldier.
Spielberg nabbed a best picture nomination for this movie he directed about a young man and his horse at the outbreak of WWI.
For "Lincoln,"Spielberg earned a best picture and best director nomination. Daniel Day-Lewis, starring as the titular president, received his third best actor award.
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- 1978: Close Encounters of the Third Kind. First-time Oscar nominee Steven Spielberg was up against a stacked Best Director category at the 50th Academy Awards.
- 1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Although Best Director nominee Spielberg lost out to Warren Beatty for Reds at the 54th Academy Awards, the first installment of the Indiana Jones franchise still went home with five Oscars that night.
- 1983: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The following year at the 55th Academy Awards, Spielberg nabbed two nominations, this time for Best Picture, shared with Kathleen Kennedy, and Best Director.
- 1986: The Color Purple. Spielberg's next masterpiece became the film adaption of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker. The film, which starred Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey, was nominated for Best Picture, but lost out to Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa.
He is the recipient of many accolades, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, nine Golden Globe 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. DeMille Award in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
- 1969–present
- Arnold Spielberg (father)
- Steven Allan Spielberg, December 18, 1946 (age 76), Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
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Maestro received seven Oscar nominations in total, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Cooper), Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Carey Mulligan ), Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, and Best Original Screenplay.
Feb 8, 2022 · Published on February 8, 2022 08:58AM EST. Tonight, tonight, West Side Story helmer Steven Spielberg flexes his filmmaking might as the first person in Oscars history to receive Best Director...
