1964 Films of Saratoga (Ca.) High School football games. D-CAM: S.
1964–65 Film about John F. Kennedy. D-CAM: S (with Mike Augustine). L: 3 min.
1965 Senior Sneak Day (documentary filmed in Santa Cruz, Ca.). D-CAM: S. WITH: Members of Saratoga High School Class of ’65.
1965–66 Encounter (16mm). D-CAM: S (with Charles [Butch] Hays). WITH: Roger Ernest, Peter Maffia. L: 20 min.
1966 The Great Race (16mm). D-CAM: S (with Charles [Butch] Hays). WITH: Roger Ernest, Halina Junyszek.
1967 Slipstream (35mm). P: Ralph Burris (for Playmount Productions). D: S. SCR: S, Roger Ernest. CAM: Serge Haignere, Allen Daviau. WITH: Tony Bill, Roger Ernest, Peter Maffia, Andre (Andy) Oveido, Jim Baxes. (Uncompleted; parts shown in the 1987 documentary Citizen Steve.)
1968 Amblin’ (35mm). DIST: Sigma III; Four Star Excelsior Releasing Co.; UPA (non-theatrical). P: Denis C. Hoffman (with Ralph Burris, “in charge of production”). D-SCR: S. CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Pamela McMyler, Richard Levin. R: December 18, 1968. L: 26 min.
TELEVISION PROGRAMS AS DIRECTOR (IN ORDER OF AIRING)
1969 Night Gallery: “Eyes” (one segment of a three-part TV movie pilot; other segments directed by Boris Sagal, Barry Shear). P: William Sackheim (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Rod Serling, from his own short story. CAM: Richard Batcheller. WITH: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Tom Bosley. AIR: November 8, 1969, NBC World Premiere. L: 95 min. (“Eyes”: 26 min.)
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D.: “The Daredevil Gesture.” P: David J. O’Connell (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Jerome Ross. CAM: Walter Strenge. WITH: Robert Young, Frank Webb, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Marsha Hunt. AIR: March 17, 1970, ABC. L: 52 min.
1971 Night Gallery: “Make Me Laugh.” P: Jack Laird (for U-TV). D: S (and Jeannot Szwarc, uncredited). SCR: Rod Serling. CAM: Richard C. Glouner. WITH: Godfrey Cambridge, Tom Bosley, Jackie Vernon, Al Lewis, Sidney Clute. AIR: January 6, 1971, NBC (as part of the Four-in-One series). L: 24 min.
1971 The Name of the Game: “LA 2017.” P: Dean Hargrove (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Philip Wylie. CAM: Richard A. Kelley. WITH: Gene Barry, Barry Sullivan, Edmond O’Brien, Sharon Farrell, Severn Darden. AIR: January 15, 1971, NBC. L: 74 min.
1971 The Psychiatrist: “The Private World of Martin Dalton.” P: Jerrold Freedman (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Bo May. CAM: Lloyd Ahern. WITH: Roy Thinnes, Jim Hutton, Kate Woodville, Stephen Hudis, Pamelyn Ferdin. AIR: February 10, 1971, NBC (as part of the Four-in-One series). L: 52 min. (U-TV combined this program with a Psychiatrist episode directed by Jeff Corey to make up an 88-min. feature, Whispering Death, released in European theaters by CIC in 1971 and given its American premiere on CBS in 1980.)
1971 The Psychiatrist: “Par for the Course.” P: Jerrold Freedman (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Thomas Y. Drake, Herb Bermann, Jerrold Freedman, Bo May, from a story by Drake. CAM: Lloyd Ahern. WITH: Roy Thinnes, Clu Gulager, Joan Darling, Michael C. Gwynne. AIR: March 10, 1971, NBC (as part of the Four-in-One series). L: 52 min. (This program was combined with a Psychiatrist episode directed by Douglas Day Stewart to make up a 90-min. feature, The Visionary, released on home video in 1990 by ACE Video.)
1971 Columbo: “Murder by the Book.” P: Richard Levinson, William Link (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Steven Bochco. CAM: Russell L. Metty. WITH: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner, Rosemary Forsyth, Barbara Colby. AIR: September 15, 1971, NBC Mystery Movie. L: 76 min.
1971 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law: “Eulogy for a Wide Receiver.” P: Jon Epstein (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Richard Bluel. CAM: Harkness Smith. With: Arthur Hill, Lee Majors, Stephen Young, Anson Williams, Joan Darling. AIR: September 30, 1971, ABC. L: 52 min.
1971 Duel. P: George Eckstein (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Richard Matheson, based on his story. CAM: Jack A. Marta. WITH: Dennis Weaver, Carey Loftin, Dale Van Sickle, Jacqueline Scott, Lucille Benson. AIR: November 13, 1971, ABC Movie of the Weekend. L: 73 min. (An expanded, 91-min. version, including additional scenes directed by S in 1972, was released theatrically by CIC in Europe, 1972–73, and in U.S. by Universal, 1983, as well as being shown on TV in the U.S. from August 15, 1973, to the present. The longer version also has been released by MCA Home Video on videocassette and laserdisc.)
1972 Something Evil. P: Alan Jay Factor (for CBS). D: S. SCR: Robert Clouse. CAM: Bill Butler. WITH: Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy, Johnny Whitaker, Jeff Corey. AIR: January 21, 1972, CBS Friday Night Movie. L: 72 min.
1973 Savage. P: Paul Mason (for U-TV). D: S. SCR: Richard Levinson, William Link, Mark Rodgers. CAM: Bill Butler. WITH: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Barry Sullivan, Michele Carey. AIR: March 31, 1973, NBC World Premiere. L: 76 min. (Working title: The Savage Report.)
1984 Strokes of Genius. A series of profiles of artists: Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, David Smith, and Franz Kline. P: Courtney Sale Ross, Karen Lindsay (for Cort Productions/KERA, Dallas–Fort Worth). D: Charlotte Zwerin, Amanda C. Pope, Jay Freund, Carl Colby. CAM: Francis Kenny. AIR: May 1984, PBS. (S directed the introductory segments hosted by Dustin Hoffman.)
1985 Amazing Stories: “Ghost Train.” P: David E. Vogel (for U-TV/Amblin Television). D: S. SCR: Frank Deese, from a story by S. CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Roberts Blossom, Scott Paulin, Gail Edwards, Lukas Haas, Renny Roker. AIR: September 29, 1985, NBC. L: 25 min.
1987 (filmed in 1985) Amazing Stories: “The Mission.” P: David E. Vogel (for U-TV/Amblin Television). D: S. SCR: Menno Meyjes, from a story by S. CAM: John McPherson. WITH: Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeffrey Jay Cohen, John Philbin. AIR: May 15, 1987, NBC. L: 50 min. (Working title: “Round Trip.”) (“The Mission” also became part of Amazing Stories: The Movie, released theatrically outside the U.S. by CIC in 1987 and subsequently to TV syndication in the U.S.; the other parts are “Go to the Head of the Class,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, and “Mummy Dearest,” directed by William Dear and based on a story by S.)
1999 The Unfinished Journey (documentary). DIST: CBS-TV. P: Michael Stevens. D: S. SCR: Tim Willocks. CAM: (none listed). WITH: President Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Edward James Olmos. AIR: December 31, 1999 (on the TV special America’s Millennium). L: 20 min.
2008 A Timeless Call (documentary). DIST: Democratic National Convention. P: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, James Moll. D: S. SCR: Lorna Graham. CAM: (none listed). WITH: Tom Hanks (narrator). AIR: August 27, 2008. L: 7 min.
FEATURE FILMS AS WRITER BUT NOT DIRECTOR)
1973 (filmed in 1971) Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies. DIST: Twentieth Century–Fox. P: Boris Wilson (Robert Fryer, James Cresson). D: Bill Sampson (John Erman). SCR: Chips Rosen (Claudia Salter), from a story by S. CAM: David M. Walsh. WITH: Cliff Robertson, Pamela Franklin, Eric Shea, Rosemary Murphy, Bernadette Peters. R: April 1, 1973. L: 92 min.
1985 The Goonies. DIST: WB. P: Richard Donner, Harvey Bernhard. D: Donner. SCR: Chris Columbus, from a story by S. CAM: Mike McLean. WITH: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan. R: June 7, 1985. L: 111 min.
1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side. DIST: MGM/UA. P: Mark Victor, Michael Grais. D: Brian Gibson. SCR: Grais, Victor, based on S’s story for the original 1982 film Poltergeist (see below). CAM: Andrew Laszlo. WITH: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein. R: May 23, 1986. L: 91 min.
1988 Poltergeist III. DIST: MGM. P: Barry Bernardi. D: Gary Sherman. SCR: Sherman, Brian Taggert, based on S’s story for Poltergeist. CAM: Alex Nepomniaschy. WITH: Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Lara Flynn Boyle. R: June 10, 1988. L: 97 min.
FEATURE FILM AS CREW MEMBER
1968 (begun in 1965) Faces. DIST: Walter Reade Organization. P: Maurice McEndree. D-SCR: John Cassavetes. CAM: Al Ruban. WITH: John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin, Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper. R: October 1968. L: 130 min. (S was an uncredited production assistant.)
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS AS DIRECTOR
1964 Firelight (see credits above).
1972 Duel (expanded the
atrical version of 1971 TV movie; see above).
1974 The Sugarland Express. DIST: U. P: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown. D: S. SCR: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, from a story by S, Barwood, Robbins. CAM: Vilmos Zsigmond. WITH: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Louise Latham. R: April 5, 1974. L: 109 min. (Working title: Carte Blanche.)
1975 Jaws. DIST: U. P: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown. D: S. SCR: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley (and Howard Sackler, John Milius, Robert Shaw, uncredited), from the novel by Benchley. CAM: Bill Butler. WITH: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton. R: June 20, 1975. L: 125 min. (Additional footage included as supplement to 1995 MCA Home Video laserdisc edition.)
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind. DIST: Columbia. P: Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips. D: S. SCR: S (and Paul Schrader, John Hill, Jerry Belson, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, uncredited). CAM: Vilmos Zsigmond (additional photography by William A. Fraker, Douglas Slocombe, John A. Alonzo, Laszlo Kovacs, Frank W. Stanley). WITH: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey. R: November 16, 1977. L: 135 min. (Working titles: Watch the Skies, Close Encounter of the Third Kind.) (On July 31, 1980, Columbia released The Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a reedited, 132-min. version with additional scenes directed by S, photographed by Michael Butler and Allen Daviau. Both versions are included in the 1990 Voyager laserdisc edition.)
1979 1941. DIST: U/Columbia. P: Buzz Feitshans. D: S. SCR: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, from a story by Zemeckis, Gale, and John Milius. CAM: William A. Fraker. WITH: Bobby Di Cicco, Dianne Kay, Wendie Jo Sperber, Robert Stack, John Belushi. R: December 14, 1979. L: 118 min. (Working titles: The Night the Japs Attacked, The Night the Japanese Attacked, The Rising Sun.) (A 146-min. restored version, including additional scenes previously shown in an expanded TV version of the film, was released on laserdisc in 1996 by MCA Universal Home Video.)
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark. DIST: Paramount. P: Frank Marshall (for Lucasfilm). D: S. SCR: Lawrence Kasdan, from a story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman. CAM: Douglas Slocombe. WITH: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies. R: June 12, 1981. L: 115 min.
1982 Poltergeist. DIST: MGM/UA. P: S, Frank Marshall. D: Tobe Hooper (and S, uncredited). SCR: S, Michael Grais, Mark Victor, from a story by S. CAM: Matthew F. Leonetti. WITH: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Heather O’Rourke. R: June 4, 1982. L: 114 min.
1982 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. DIST: U. P: S, Kathleen Kennedy. D: S. SCR: Melissa Mathison. CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert Macnaughton, Drew Barrymore. R: June 11, 1982. L: 115 min. (Working titles: E.T. and Me, A Boy’s Life.) (Additional footage included as supplement to 1996 MCA Home Video laserdisc edition.)
1983 Twilight Zone—The Movie. DIST: WB. P: S, John Landis. D: S (“Kick the Can” segment), Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller. Additional credits for “Kick the Can”: SCR: George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Josh Rogan (Melissa Mathison), from a story by George Clayton Johnson (originally filmed for The Twilight Zone CBS-TV series and aired February 9, 1962). CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Martin Garner, Selma Diamond, Priscilla Pointer. R: June 24, 1983. L: 102 min. (“Kick the Can”: 23 min.).
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. DIST: Paramount. P: Robert Watts (for Lucasfilm). D: S. SCR: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, from a story by George Lucas. CAM: Douglas Slocombe. WITH: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth. R: May 23, 1984. L: 118 min. (Working title: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death.)
1985 The Color Purple. DIST: WB. P: S, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones. D: S. SCR: Menno Meyjes, from the novel by Alice Walker. CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard Pugh. R: December 18, 1985. L: 152 min. (Working title: Moon Song.)
1987 Empire of the Sun. DIST: WB. P: S, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall. D: S. SCR: Tom Stoppard (and Menno Meyjes, uncredited), from the novel by J. G. Ballard. CAM: Allen Daviau. WITH: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Joe Pantoliano, Rupert Frazer. R: December 9, 1987. L: 152 min.
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. DIST: Paramount. P: Robert Watts (for Lucasfilm). D: S. SCR: Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas, Menno Meyjes. CAM: Douglas Slocombe. WITH: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, River Phoenix. R: May 24, 1989. L: 127 min.
1989 Always. DIST: U/United Artists. P: S, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy. D: S. SCR: Jerry Belson (and Diane Thomas, Ronald Bass, uncredited), based on the 1943 film A Guy Named Joe, written by Dalton Trumbo from a story by Chandler Sprague and David Boehm, adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. CAM: Mikael Salamon. WITH: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn. R: December 22, 1989. L: 123 min. (Working title: A Guy Named Joe.)
1991 Hook. DIST: TriStar. P: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gerald R. Molen. D: S. SCR: Jim V. Hart, Malia Scotch Marmo (and Carrie Fisher, uncredited), from a story by Hart and Nick Castle, based on the play Peter Pan and the novels The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. CAM: Dean Cundey. WITH: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith. R: December 10, 1991. L: 142 min.
1993 Jurassic Park. DIST: U. P: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen. D: S. SCR: Michael Crichton, David Koepp (and Malia Scotch Marmo, uncredited), from the novel by Crichton. WITH: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Mazzello. R: June 10, 1993. L: 127 min.
1993 Schindler’s List. DIST: U. P: S, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig. D: S. SCR: Steven Zaillian, from the novel by Thomas Keneally. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz. R: December 15, 1993. L: 197 min.
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park. DIST: U. P: Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson. D: S. SCR: David Koepp, based on the novel The Lost World by Michael Crichton. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn. R: May 23, 1997. L: 129 min.
1997 Amistad. DIST: DreamWorks. P: Debbie Allen, S, Colin Wilson. D: S. SCR: David Franzoni (and Steven Zaillian, uncredited). CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey. R: December 10, 1997. L: 152 min.
1998 Saving Private Ryan. DIST: DreamWorks. P: S, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn. D: S. SCR: Robert Rodat. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Matt Damon. R: July 24, 1998. L: 170 min.
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence. DIST: WB. P: Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, S (with Stanley Kubrick Productions). D: S. SCR: S, from the screen story by Ian Watson, based on the short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O’Connor, Sam Robards, Jude Law, William Hurt. R: June 28, 2001. L: 146 min.
2002 Minority Report. DIST: Twentieth Century Fox. P: Jan de Bont, Bonnie Curtis, Gerald R. Molen, Walter F. Parkes. D: S. SCR: Scott Frank, Jon Cohen, from the short story “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, Steve Harris. R: June 20, 2002. L: 145 min.
2002 Catch Me If You Can. DIST: DreamWorks. P: Walter F. Parkes, S. D: S. SCR: Jeff Nathanson, from the book Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit! by Frank W. Abagnale Jr. with Stan Redding. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye. R: December 25, 2002. L: 141 min.
2004 The Terminal. DIST: DreamWorks. P: Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, S. D: S. SCR: Sacha Gervasi and Jeff Nathanson, from a story by Andrew Niccol and Gervasi. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Die
go Luna. R: June 18, 2004. L: 128 min.
2005 War of the Worlds. DIST: Paramount. P: Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson. D: S. SCR: Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on the novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins. R: June 29, 2005. L: 116 min.
2005 Munich. DIST: U. P: Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, S, Colin Wilson. D: S. SCR: Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, based on the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler. R: December 23, 2005. L: 164 min.
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. DIST: Paramount. P: Frank Marshall. D: S. SCR: David Koepp, from a screen story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson, based on characters created by Lucas and Philip Kaufman. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, John Hurt. R: May 21, 2008. L: 122 min.
2011 War Horse. DIST: DreamWorks/Disney. P: Revel Guest, Kathleen Kennedy, SCR Morpurgo. CAM: Janusz Kaminski. WITH: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicolas Bro. R: August 10, 2011. L: undetermined.
2011 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. DIST: Paramount/Sony. P: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, S. D: S. SCR: Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, based on cartoon characters created by Hergé (Georges Remi) and his books, including The Secret of the Unicorn. CAM: (none listed; 3-D motion capture). WITH: Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Cary Elwes, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis. R: 2011. L: undetermined.
THEATRICAL FILMS AS PRODUCER OR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (BUT NOT DIRECTOR)
This list does not include the many films produced by DreamWorks SKG that do not list Spielberg as a producer or executive producer.
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