Steven Spielberg

by Joseph McBride

  1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand (D: Robert Zemeckis; U).

  1980 Used Cars (D: Robert Zemeckis; Columbia).

  1980 Home Movies (D: Brian De Palma; United Artists Classics; S was investor only).

  1981 Continental Divide (D: Michael Apted; U).

  1984 Gremlins (D: Joe Dante; WB).

  1985 Fandango (D: Kevin Reynolds; WB).

  1985 The Goonies (D: Richard Donner; WB).

  1985 Back to the Future (D: Robert Zemeckis; WB).

  1985 Young Sherlock Holmes (D: Barry Levinson; Paramount).

  1986 The Money Pit (D: Richard Benjamin; U).

  1986 An American Tail (D: Don Bluth; U; animated).

  1987 Innerspace (D: Joe Dante; WB).

  1987 Harry and the Hendersons (D: William Dear; U).

  1987 *batteries not included (D: Matthew Robbins; U).

  1987 Citizen Steve (P: Amy Irving/Amblin Entertainment).

  1988 The Land Before Time (D: Don Bluth; U; animated).

  1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (D: Robert Zemeckis; Touchstone; part animated).

  1989 Back to the Future Part II (D: Robert Zemeckis; U).

  1989 Dad (D: Gary David Goldberg; U).

  1990 Dreams (D: Akira Kurosawa; WB).

  1990 Back to the Future Part III (D: Robert Zemeckis; U).

  1990 Gremlins II: The New Batch (D: Joe Dante; WB).

  1990 Joe Versus the Volcano (D: John Patrick Shanley; WB).

  1990 Arachnophobia (D: Frank Marshall; Hollywood Pictures).

  1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (D: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells; U; animated).

  1991 Cape Fear (D: Martin Scorsese; U).

  1992 Noises Off (D: Peter Bogdanovich; Touchstone).

  1993 A Far-Off Place (D: Mikael Salamon; Disney).

  1993 We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story (D: Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells; U; animated).

  1993 A Dangerous Woman (D: Stephen Gyllenhaal; U).

  1994 I’m Mad! (D: Rich Arons, Audu Paden, Dave Marshall; WB; animated short).

  1994 The Flintstones (D: Brian Levant; U).

  1994 Little Giants (D: Duwayne Dunham; WB).

  1994 The Little Rascals (D: Penelope Spheeris; U).

  1994 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (D: Beeban Kidron; U).

  1995 Casper (D: Brad Silberling; U).

  1995 The Bridges of Madison County (D: Clint Eastwood; WB).

  1995 How to Make an American Quilt (D: Jocelyn Moorhouse; U).

  1995 Balto (D: Simon Wells; U; animated).

  1995 Anne Frank Remembered (D: Jon Blair; Sony Pictures Classics; S was part-sponsor only of this documentary).

  1996 Twister (d: Jan de Bont; WB/U).

  1996 The Trigger Effect (D: David Koepp; Gramercy).

  1996 Dear Diary (D: David Frankel; DreamWorks; short).

  1997 Men in Black (D: Barry Sonnenfeld; Columbia).

  1997 The Peacemaker (D: Mimi Leder; DreamWorks).

  1997 The Lost Children of Berlin (D: Elizabeth McIntyre; Fogwood Films/Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation).

  1998 Deep Impact (D: Mimi Leder; Paramount).

  1998 The Mask of Zorro (D: Martin Campbell; TriStar).

  1998 The Last Days (D: James Moll; October Films).

  2000 A Holocaust szemei/Eyes of the Holocaust (D: János Szász; InterCom/Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation).

  2001 Jurassic Park III (D: Joe Johnston; Universal).

  2002 Men in Black II (D: Barry Sonnenfeld; Columbia).

  2005 The Legend of Zorro (D: Martin Campbell; Columbia).

  2005 Memoirs of a Geisha (D: Rob Marshall; Columbia).

  2006 Monster House (D: Gil Kenan; Columbia).

  2006 Spell Your Name (D: Sergey Bukovsky; USC Shoah Foundation Institute).

  2006 Flags of Our Fathers (D: Clint Eastwood; Paramount).

  2006 Letters from Iwo Jima (D: Clint Eastwood; Paramount).

  2007 Transformers (D: Michael Bay; Paramount).

  2008 Eagle Eye (D: D. J. Caruso; DreamWorks).

  2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (D: Michael Bay; DreamWorks/Paramount).

  2009 The Lovely Bones (D: Peter Jackson; DreamWorks/Paramount).

  2010 Hereafter (D: Clint Eastwood; DreamWorks).

  2010 True Grit (D: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Paramount).

  TELEVISION, VIDEO, LASERDISC, DVD, AND CD-ROM PROGRAMS AS PRODUCER OR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

  Unless otherwise indicated, S served as a producer or an executive producer, officially or unofficially, on most of these programs. From 1984 until the 1994 formation of DreamWorks SKG, his programs usually were made for Amblin Television or, in the case of animated programs, for Amblimation. Some of these programs also have been released or repackaged for the home-video, laserdisc, and DVD markets. This list does not include programs produced by DreamWorks that do not list Spielberg as a producer or executive producer.

  1982 The Making of “Poltergeist” (D: Frank Marshall; MGM/UA).

  1985–87 Amazing Stories (U-TV, NBC series; S also received story credit on some segments).

  1987 The China Odyssey: “Empire of the Sun,” a Film by Steven Spielberg (D: Les Mayfield; WB, CBS special).

  1989 Great Adventurers & Their Quests: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (D: Les Mayfield, William Rus; Paramount, CBS special).

  1990 Making “Close Encounters” (P: Isaac Mizrahi, Morgan Holly; Voyager laserdisc).

  1990–93 Tiny Toon Adventures (WB, syndicated 1990–92, Fox 1992; animated series).

  1991–93 Back to the Future (U, CBS; animated series spin-off from the 1985 feature, with live-action introductions by Christopher Lloyd).

  1991 A Wish for Wings That Work (U, CBS; D: Skip Jones; animated special).

  1992 The Plucky Duck Show (Fox; animated series).

  1992 The Water Engine (Cable TV movie, D: Steven Schachter; TNT Screenworks).

  1992–93 Fievel’s American Tails (U-TV, CBS; animated series).

  1993 American Masters: “George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic” (Paley/Price Prods./Thirteen/WNET; PBS; D: Jane Paley, Larry Price; S and Kate Capshaw appeared on this documentary special).

  1993 Class of ’61 (ABC-TV movie pilot for unsold series, D: Gregory Hoblit; MCA-TV).

  1993 Family Dog (WB-TV, U-TV; CBS; animated series spin-off from a 1987 Amazing Stories segment of the same title).

  1993–95 Animaniacs (Fox 1993–95, WB 1995, syndicated; animated series).

  1993–95 seaQuest DSV (U-TV; NBC series).

  1994–95 Earth 2 (U-TV; NBC series).

  1994–2009 ER (WB-TV; NBC series).

  1994 American Cinema (New York Center for Visual History/KCET/BBC; PBS limited series; S was part-sponsor).

  1995 The Making of “Jurassic Park” (D: John Schultz; NBC special; expanded laserdisc version released by MCA Home Video).

  1995 Fudge-A-Mania (TV movie, MTE; ABC).

  1995–97 Fudge (MTE; ABC series).

  1995 seaQuest 2032 (U-TV; NBC series; retitled version of seaQuest DSV).

  1995–98 Pinky & the Brain (WB; syndicated; animated series).

  1995–97 Freakazoid! (WB; syndicated; animated series).

  1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” (D: Laurent Bouzereau; MCA Home Video laserdisc).

  1996 Champs (ABC series).

  1996–97 High Incident (ABC series).

  1996–97 Majority Rules (KPNX, Phoenix; game-show series).

  1996 The Dig (Interactive CD-ROM; D: Sean Clark; story and design developed in collaboration with S; LucasArts Entertainment).

  1996 Survivors of the Holocaust (D: Allan Holzman; Turner special).

  1996 Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (EDITOR: Allan Holzman; Turner Home Entertainment videocassette and laserdisc).

  1996 The Making of “1941” (D: Laurent Bouzereau; MCA Home Video laserdisc).

  1996 The Making of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (D: Laurent Bouzereau; MCA Home V
ideo laserdisc).

  1996–2002 Spin City (ABC series).

  1996–97 Ink (CBS series).

  1996 The Neverhood (Interactive CD-ROM; DreamWorks Interactive).

  1996 Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair (Interactive CD-ROM; S hosts and directed some scenes; Knowledge Adventure/DreamWorks Interactive).

  1998 Toonsylvania (D: Jeff DeGrandis; DreamWorks series).

  1998–99 Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (D: Nelson Recinos, Bob Davies, Russell Calabrese; Amblin/WB-TV series).

  2000 Shooting War (D: Richard Schickel; DreamWorks/ABC-TV).

  2001 Semper Fi (D: Michael W. Watkins; DreamWorks/NBC-TV series).

  2001 Band of Brothers (D: David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon, Tony To; DreamWorks/ HBO/Playtone/BBC miniseries).

  2001 We Stand Alone Together (D: Mark Cowen; DreamWorks/HBO/Playtone).

  2002 Broken Silence (D: Pavel Chukhraj, Vojtěch Jasný, Marcel Lozinski, Luis Puenzo, János Szász; Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation miniseries).

  2002 Price for Peace (D: James Moll; National D-Day Museum/DreamWorks Home Entertainment/Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania/Cinemax).

  2002 Taken (D: Breck Eisner, Félix Enriquez Alcalá, John Fawcett, Tobe Hooper, Jeremy Kagan, Michael Katleman, Sergio Mimica-Gezzari, Bryan Spicer, Jeff Woolnough, Thomas J. Wright; DreamWorks/Sci-Fi Channel series).

  2003 Burma Bridge Busters (D: James Moll; National D-Day Museum/History Channel).

  2004 Voices from the List (D: Michael Mayhew; Allentown Productions/Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation/Universal Studios Home Video).

  2005 Dan Finnerty & the Dan Band: I Am Woman (D: McG; Coming Home Studios/ DreamWorks/Bravo).

  2005 Into the West (D: Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzari, Jeremy Podeswa, Timothy Van Patten, Michael W. Watkins, Simon Wincer; DreamWorks/Voice Pictures/ TNT/BBC miniseries).

  2007 On the Lot (D: Michael Simon et al.; Amblin Television/DreamWorks/Mark Burnett Productions/Fox Network series).

  2009 United States of Tara (D: Tricia Brock, John Dahl, Brian Dannelly, Craig

  Gillespie, Mark Mylod, Tommy O’Haver; DreamWorks/Showtime series).

  2010 The Pacific (D: Jeremy Podeswa, Timothy Van Patten, David Nutter, Carl

  Franklin, Graham Yost, Tony To; DreamWorks/HBO/Playtone miniseries).

  2011 Rebuilding Ground Zero (D: Jonathan Hock; DreamWorks/KPI Productions/

  Science Channel series).

  APPEARANCES IN FILMS AND TV, VIDEO, AND DVD PROGRAMS (PARTIAL LIST)

  Since 1997, Spielberg has made more than two hundred appearances in film and television documentaries, including many made for video and DVD by DreamWorks about the production of his films (not listed here). Full listings of such credits can be found on the Internet Movie Database, imdb.com. Below are some of the most prominent of Spielberg’s other appearances before the camera.

  1963 Journey to the Unknown (D: Ernest G. Sauer; S also was credited with the special

  effects).

  1971 Duel (D: S).

  1972 Something Evil (D: S).

  1976 TVTV Looks at the Oscars (TVTV/KCET, Los Angeles).

  1980 The Blues Brothers (D: John Landis; U).

  1981 Great Movie Stunts: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (D: Robert Guenette; Lucasfilm,

  CBS).

  1981 The Making of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (D: Phillip Schuman; Lucasfilm).

  1982 The Making of “Poltergeist.”

  1982 Chambre 666 (D: Wim Wenders).

  1984 Gremlins (D: Joe Dante).

  1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (D: S).

  1987 The China Odyssey: “Empire of the Sun,” a Film by Steven Spielberg.

  1987 Citizen Steve.

  1989 Great Adventurers & Their Quests: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

  1989 The Tracey Ullman Show: “The Gate” (D: Ted Bessell; S played himself in a comedy sketch with Ullman; Fox).

  1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (D: Ellen Weissbrod; WB).

  1990 Making “Close Encounters.”

  1991 Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros. (D: Robert Guenette; WB).

  1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones (D: George Daugherty; WB).

  1992 Your Family Matters: “Shattered Lullabies” (Lifetime Television special hosted by S and Kate Capshaw).

  1993 François Truffaut: 25 Years, 25 Films (P: Michael Kurcfeld; Voyager laserdisc).

  1994 American Cinema: “The Film School Generation” (D: Steve Jenkins).

  1994 Ladmo Remembered: A Wallace & Ladmo Special (KPHO, Phoenix).

  1995 The Making of “Jurassic Park.”

  1995 The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (D: Louis J. Horvitz; NBC; expanded version on A&E).

  1995 The Making of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws.”

  1996 Survivors of the Holocaust.

  1996 Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

  1996 The Making of “1941.”

  1996 The Making of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.”

  1996 Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair (D of scenes in which S appears: Roger Holzberg).

  1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (D: S).

  1998 Biography (A&E).

  1999 Forever Hollywood (D: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy; American Cinematheque).

  1999 Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo).

  2000 Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg (D: Laurent Bouzereau; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment).

  2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (D: Jan Harlan; Warner Bros. Home Video).

  2001 Vanilla Sky (D: Cameron Crowe; Paramount).

  2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember (D: Jay Roach; New Line Cinema).

  2003 Robert Capa: In Love and War (D: Anne Makepeace; Parthenon Films).

  2003 L’aventure Spielberg (D: Laurent Cotillon, Stéphane Krausz; France 5).

  2004 Voices from the List (D: Michael Mayhew; Universal Studios Home Video).

  2004 Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (Universal Studios Home Video).

  2004 Double Dare (D: Amanda Micheli; Balcony Releasing).

  2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (D: Kevin Brownlow; TCM).

  2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (D: Daniel Anker; Shadow Distribution).

  2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (D: Wendy Apple; Starz! Encore).

  2006 Directed by John Ford (D: Peter Bogdanovich; TCM; revised version of 1971 documentary).

  2006 Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (D: Michael J. Shapiro, Jeff Werner; Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation).

  2006 The Shark Is Still Working (D: Erik Hollander; Finatic Productions).

  2006 Searching for Orson (D: Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar).

  2006 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (D: Louis J. Horvitz; CBS-TV; S was an honoree).

  2007 Spielberg on Spielberg (D: Richard Schickel; TCM).

  2007 On the Lot (Fox Network).

  2007 The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (D: Gary Leva; Warner Home Video).

  2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (D: Richard Schickel; WB).

  2008 Warner at War (D: Constantine Nasr; TCM/Warner Home Video; S narrates).

  2009 E.R. (John Wells Productions/Amblin/WB-TV; S appears as himself in an episode of this series).

  2009 David Lean in Close-Up (D: Andy Devonshire; BBC TV).

  MISCELLANEOUS

  S was billed as creator on seven editions of the Medal of Honor videogame (1999–2004). He was a videographer for and appears in Scoring “War of the Worlds,” a 2005 DVD documentary about John Williams, directed by Laurent Bouzereau for DreamWorks. He was an assistant director on action scenes for Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (D: George Lucas; Lucasfilm/Twentieth Century Fox).

  INDEX

  Abagnale, Frank W., Jr., 1, 2, 3

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  Abraham Lincoln, 1

  Abramowitz, Rachel, 1

  Abroms, Edward M., 1, 2, 3, 4

  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award given to Spielberg by, 1, 2

  Spielberg’s nominations by, 1, 2, 3

  Spielberg snubbed by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan award from, 1, 2

  Spielberg’s Schindler’s List awards from, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, 1

  Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, 1, 2, 3

  Ace in the Hole, 1

  Adams, John, 1

  Adams, John Quincy, 1, 2, 3

  Adath Israel Synagogue, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Adler, Bernard “Bernie,” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Adler, Leah “Lee” Posner Spielberg (mother), 1, 2 education and jobs of, 1, 2

  effervescent personality of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  marriages of, see Adler, Bernard; Spielberg, Arnold Meyer musical talent of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  religious observance of, 1, 2, 3, 4

  on Steven, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Steven’s relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

  Adorno, Theodor, 1

  Adventures of Pinocchio, The (Collodi), 1

  Adventures of Tintin, The: The Secret of the Unicorn, 1

  Afghanistan, War in, 1

  After School, 1

  Ahern, Lloyd, 1

  A.I. Artificial Intelligence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 audience reaction to, 1, 2, 3

  family themes in, 1

  Holocaust and, 1

  possible effect of Spielberg’s health crisis on, 1

  screenplay of, 1, 2

  Spielberg’s collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on, 1

  Stanley Kubrick’s development of, 1

  technical challenges of, 1

  A.I. Artificial Intelligence: From Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg: The Vision Behind the Film (Harlan and Struthers), 1

  Air Force, U.S., 1, 2 Project Blue Book of, 1, 2

  Airport, 1

  Albee, Edward, 1

  Aldiss, Brian, 1