Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg's accolades reflect his unparalleled impact on cinema. He is one of only 22 people to achieve EGOT status, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. He has won three Academy Awards, including two for Best Director. His films have earned over 100 Academy Award nominations collectively. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1995, an honorary knighthood in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2006, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry. He is the highest-grossing film director of all time and holds a Guinness World Record for that achievement. In 2023, he received the first-ever TIME 100 Impact Award.

AwardsSteven Spielberg has won three Academy Awards: Best Director for Schindler's List (1994) and Saving Private Ryan (1999), and Best Picture for Schindler's List (1994) as producer. He has won four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Director for both Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. He has won four BAFTA Awards, including Best Director for both films and the Academy Fellowship. He has won twelve Emmy Awards for producing acclaimed series like Band of Brothers, Into the West, and The Vietnam War. He has won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Schindler's List soundtrack and a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for The Visit (2015) as producer.

Honours & Distinctions

AFI Life Achievement Award

American Film Institute·1995

Lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Queen Elizabeth II·2001

Honorary knighthood for services to the film industry.

Kennedy Center Honor

Kennedy Center·2006

Honored for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.

Presidential Medal of Freedom

President of the United States·2015

Highest civilian honor in the United States, awarded by President Barack Obama.

National Medal of Arts

President of the United States·2023

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the arts in America.

National Humanities Medal

National Endowment for the Humanities·2000

For his work in preserving Holocaust history through the Shoah Foundation.

Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce·2003

Star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Guinness World Record: Highest-grossing film director of all time

Guinness World Records·2020

Spielberg holds the record for the highest-grossing film director of all time.

Rankings & Lists

Greatest Directors of All Time

Empire Magazine·2005

100 Greatest Directors

Rolling Stone·2014

#100

TIME 100 Most Influential People

TIME·2013

Greatest Films of All Time (Schindler's List)

Sight & Sound Critics' Poll·2022

Magazine Covers

TIME

July 15, 1985

Spielberg: The Director's New Direction

TIME

December 20, 1993

Spielberg's List

TIME

May 25, 1998

Spielberg's War

Rolling Stone

1993

The Genius of Spielberg

Vanity Fair

2012

The Dream Team

Records & Feats

Highest-grossing film director of all time

Career Milestone·2020

Spielberg's films have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, more than any other director in history.

First director to have two films gross over $1 billion each

Box Office·1993

Jurassic Park (1993) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) both crossed $1 billion, making Spielberg the first director to achieve this.

Only director to have a film nominated for Best Picture in six different decades

Awards·2023

Spielberg has produced or directed Best Picture nominees across the 1970s through 2020s.

Most successful film franchise launch (Jurassic Park)

Box Office·1993

Jurassic Park (1993) was the highest-grossing film ever at the time of release and launched a franchise that has earned over $6 billion.