Steven Spielberg’s film credits are truly impressive. Beyond his work as a director, he has served as a producer, both credited and uncredited, for scores—somewhere around 140—of projects ranging from feature-length films to television series, episodes, movies, and documentaries. He has also appeared both as an actor and as himself in almost fifty other films, documentaries, and television shows. He was even the uncredited voice on the radio in his own film Jaws. Spielberg has provided stories and served as a screenwriter on feature films such as Sugarland Express and Poltergeist as well as several television series. He received special thanks for his work on a number of documentaries and films and worked as a creative consultant, assistant to the director, and assistant editor on others, both credited and uncredited. He was recognized for his contribution to the reconstruction and restoration of David Lean’s epic film Lawrence of Arabia. And he even contributed to the visual effects conceptions for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The following filmography, however, lists only those projects for which he has been the primary director, including the films referred to in the essays collected in this volume.
Director—Filmography
Night Gallery (1969)—TV
Production Company: Universal TV.
Directors: Boris Sagal, Barry Shear, and Steven Spielberg.
Producers: John Badham (associate) and William Sackheim.
Writing Credits: Rod Serling.
Cinematography: Richard Batcheller.
Music: Billy Goldenberg.
Cast: Joan Crawford (Claudia Menlo), Ossie Davis (Osmond Portifoy), Richard Kiley (Herme Arndt, alias Josef Strobe), Roddy McDowall (Jeremy Evans), Barry Sullivan (Doctor Frank Hetherton), Tom Bosley (Sidney Resnick), Sam Jaffe (Bleum), and George Macready (William Hendricks).
Running Time: 98 minutes.
Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971)—TV
Production Company: Universal TV.
Producers: Richard Levinson and William Link.
Writing Credits: Steven Bochco.
Cinematography: Russell Metty.
Music: Billy Goldenberg.
Cast: Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo), Jack Cassidy (Ken Franklin), Martin Milner (Jim Ferris), Rosemary Forsyth (Joanna Ferris), Barbara Colby (Lily LaSanka), Lynette Mettey (Gloria Jr.), Bernie Kuby (Mike Tucker), and Hoke Howell (Sergeant).
Running Time: 73 minutes.
Duel (1971)—TV
Production Company: Universal TV.
Producer: George Eckstein.
Writing Credits: Richard Matheson (also story).
Cinematographer: Jack A. Marta.
Music: Billy Goldenberg.
Cast: Dennis Weaver (David Mann), Jacqueline Scott (Mrs. Mann), Eddie Firestone (Cafe Owner), Lou Frizzell (Bus Driver), Gene Dynarski (Man in Cafe), Lucille Benson (Lady at Snakerama), Tim Herbert (Gas Station Attendant), and Charles Seel (Old Man).
Running Time: 90 minutes.
Something Evil (1972)—TV
Production Company: Belford Production and CBS Entertainment Production.
Producers: Alan Jay Factor, David Knapp (associate), and Harvey Lembeck (associate).
Writing Credits: Robert Clouse.
Cinematographer: Bill Butler.
Music: Wladimir Selinsky.
Cast: Sandy Dennis (Marjorie Worden), Darren McGavin (Paul Worden), Ralph Bellamy (Harry Lincoln), Jeff Corey (Gehrmann), Johnny Whitaker (Stevie Worden), John Rubinstein (Ernest Lincoln), David Knapp (John), and Laurie Hagan (Beth).
Running Time: 73 minutes.
Savage (1973)—TV
Production Company: Universal TV.
Producers: Richard Levinson (executive), William Link (executive), and Paul Mason.
Writing Credits: Richard Levinson, William Link, and Mark Rogers (also story).
Cinematographer: Bill Butler.
Music: Gil Melle.
Cast: Martin Landau (Paul Savage), Barbara Bain (Gail Abbott), Will Geer (Joel Ryker), Paul Richards (Peter Brooks), Michele Carey (Allison Baker), Susan Howard (Lee Raynolds), Dabney Coleman (Ted Seligson), and Pat Harrington Jr. (Russell).
Running Time: 74 minutes.
The Sugarland Express (1974)
Production Company: Universal Pictures and Zanuck/Brown Productions.
Producers: David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck.
Writing Credits: Steven Spielberg (story), Hal Barwood (story), Matthew Robbins (story), Hal Barwood, and Matthew Robbins.
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Goldie Hawn (Lou Jean Poplin), Ben Johnson (Captain Tanner), Michael Sacks (Patrolman Maxwell Slide), William Atherton (Clovis Michael Poplin), Gregory Walcott (Patrolman Ernie Mashburn), Steve Kanaly (Patrolman Jessup), Louis Latham (Mrs. Looby), and Harrison Zanuck (Baby Langston Poplin).
Running Time: 109 minutes.
Jaws (1975)
Production Company: Universal Pictures and Zanuck/Brown Productions.
Producers: David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck.
Writing Credits: Peter Benchley (also novel), Carl Gottlieb, John Milius (Indianapolis monologue—uncredited), Howard Sacker (Indianapolis monologue—uncredited), and Robert Shaw (Indianapolis monologue—uncredited).
Cinematography: Bill Butler.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Roy Scheider (Chief Martin Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint), Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper), Lorraine Gary (Ellen Brody), Murray Hamilton (Mayor Larry Vaughn), Carl Gottlieb (Meadows), Jeffrey Kramer (Hendricks), and Susan Backlinie (Chrissie Watkins).
Running Time: 124 minutes.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Production Company: Columbia Picture Corporation and EMI Film LTD (UK).
Producers: Clark L. Paylow (associate), Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips, and John Veitch (executive in change of production—uncredited).
Writing Credits: Paul Schrader (script rejected), Hal Barwood (uncredited), John Hill (uncredited), and Matthew Robbins (uncredited).
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker (American scenes), Douglas Slocombe (India sequence), and Vilmos Zsigmond.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss (Roy Neary), François Truffaut (Claude Lacombe), Teri Garr (Ronnie Neary), Melinda Dillon (Jillian Guiler), Bob Balaban (David Laughlin), J. Patrick McNamara (Project Leader), Warren J. Kemmerling (Wild Bill), and Roberts Blossom (Farmer).
Running Time: 135 minutes.
1941 (1979)
Production Company: A-Team, Columbia Pictures Corporation, and Universal Pictures.
Producers: Buzz Feitshans, Janet Healy (associate), Michael Kahn (associate), John Milius (executive), and John G. Wilson (executive in charge of production—as John Wilson).
Writing Credits: Robert Zemeckis (story), Bob Gale (story), John Milius (story), Robert Zemeckis, and Bob Gale.
Cinematography: William A. Fraker and Bobby Di Cicco.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Dan Aykroyd (Sergeant Frank Tree), Ned Beatty (Ward Douglas), John Belushi (Captain Wild Bill Kelso), Lorraine Gary (Joan Douglas), Murray Hamilton (Claude Crumm), Christopher Lee (Captain Wolfgang Von Kleinschmidt), Tim Matheson (Captain Loomis Birkhead), Toshirô Mifune (Commander Akiro Mitamura), Warren Oates (Colonel “Madman” Maddox), Robert Stack (Major General Joseph W. Stillwell), Nancy Allen (Donna Stratton, Gen. Stillwell’s Secretary), Lucille Benson (Gas Mama—Eloise), Jordan Brian (Macey Douglas), John Candy (Private Foley), and Elisha Cook, Jr. (The Patron—Dexter).
Running Time: 118 minutes.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd and Paramount Pictures.
Producers: Howard G. Kazanjian (executive), George Lucas (executive), Frank Marshall, and Robert Watts (associate).
Writing Credits: George Lucas (story), Philip Kaufman (story), and Lawrence Kasdan.
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Harrison Ford (Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr.), Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood), Paul Freeman (Rene Belloq), Ronald Lacey (Toht), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), Alfred Molina (Sapito), Denholm Elliott (Marcus Brody), and Wolf Kahler (Dietrich).
Running Time: 115 minutes.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Production Company: Universal Pictures.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Melissa Mathison (associate), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Melissa Mathison.
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Dee Wallace-Stone (Mary—as Dee Wallace), Henry Thomas (Elliott), Peter Coyote (Keys), Robert MacNaughton (Michael), Drew Barrymore (Gertie), K. C. Martel (Greg), Sean Frye (Steve), and C. Thomas Howell (Tyler—as Tom Howell).
Running Time: 115 minutes.
Poltergeist (1982)
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM).
Directors: Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg (uncredited).
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy (associate), Frank Marshall, and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Steven Spielberg (story), Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor.
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti.
Music: Jerry Goldsmith.
Cast: Craig T. Nelson (Steve Freeling), JoBeth Williams (Diane Freeling), Beatrice Straight (Dr. Lesh), Dominique Dunne (Dana Freeling), Oliver Robins (Robbie Freeling), Heather O’Rourke (Carol Anne Freeling), Michael McManus (Ben Tuthill), and Virginia Kiser (Mrs. Tuthill).
Running Time: 114 minutes.
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983): Segment 2
Production Company: Warner Brothers.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy (associate), John Landis, Frank Marshall (executive), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Rod Serling (television series “The Twilight Zone”), George Clayton Johnson (screenplay “Kick the Can”), Richard Mathison, and Melissa Mathison (as Josh Rogan).
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau.
Music: Jerry Goldsmith.
Cast: Scatman Crothers (Mr. Bloom), Bill Quinn (Mr. Conroy), Martin Garner (Mr. Weinstein), Selma Diamond (Mrs. Weinstein), Helen Shaw (Mrs. Dempsey), Murray Matheson (Mr. Agee), Peter Brocco (Mr. Mute), and Pricilla Pointer (Miss Cox).
Running Time: 120 minutes.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd and Paramount Pictures.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy (associate), George Lucas (executive), Frank Marshall (executive), and Robert Watts.
Writing Credits: George Lucas (story), Willard Huyck, and Gloria Katz. Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Harrison Ford (Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr.), Kate Capshaw (Wilhelmina “Willie” Scott), Amrish Puri (Mola Ram), Roshan Seth (Chattar Lal, Prime Minister to Maharaja), Philip Stone (Captain Blumburtt), Roy Chiao (Lao Che), Jonathan Ke Quan (Short Round—as Ke Huy Quan), and David Yip (Wu Han).
Running Time: 118 minutes.
The Color Purple (1985)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Guber-Peters Company, and Warner Brothers.
Producers: Peter Guber (executive), Carole Isenberg (associate), Quincy Jones, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Jon Peters (executive), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Alice Walker (novel) and Menno Meyjes.
Cinematographer: Allen Daviau.
Music: Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andraé Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner, and Rod Temperton.
Cast: Danny Glover (Albert), Whoopi Goldberg (Celie), Margaret Avery (Sug Avery), Oprah Winfrey (Sofia), Willard E. Pugh (Harpo), Akosua Busia (Nettie), Desreta Jackson (Young Celia), Adolph Caesar (Old Mr.), Rae Dawn Chong (Squeak), and Dana Ivey (Miss Millie).
Running Time: 152 minutes.
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment and Warner Brothers.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Chris Kenny (associate), Frank Marshall, Robert Shapiro (executive), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: J. G. Ballard (novel), Tom Stoppard, and Menno Meyjes (uncredited).
Cinematography: Allen Daviau.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Christian Bale (Jim), John Malkovich (Basie), Miranda Richardson (Mrs. Victor), Nigel Havers (Dr. Rawlins), Joe Pantoliano (Frank Demarest), Leslie Phillips (Maxton), Masatô Ibu (Sergeant Nagata), Emily Richard (Jim’s Mother), and Rupert Frazer (Jim’s Father).
Running Time: 152 minutes.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd and Paramount Pictures.
Producers: George Lucas (executive), Frank Marshall (executive), Arthur F. Repola (associate), and Robert Watts.
Writing Credits: George Lucas (story), Menno Meyjes (story), and Jeffrey Boam.
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Harrison Ford (Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr.), Sean Connery (Professor Henry Jones, Sr.), Denholm Elliott (Marcus Brody), Alison Doody (Dr. Elsa Schneider), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), Julian Glover (Walter Donovan), River Phoenix (Young Indiana Jones), and Michael Byrne (Vogel).
Running Time: 127 minutes.
Always (1989)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, U-Drive Productions, United Artists, and Universal Pictures.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg, and Richard Vane (coproducer).
Writing Credits: Chandler Sprague (story: “A Guy Named Joe”), David Boehm (story: “A Guy Named Joe”), Dalton Trumbo (screenplay: “A Guy Named Joe”), Frederick Hazlitt (screenplay adaptation: “A Guy Named Joe”), and Jerry Belson.
Cinematography: Mikael Salomon.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss (Pete Sandich), Holly Hunter (Dorinda Durston), Brad Johnson (Ted Baker), John Goodman (Al Yackey), Audrey Hepburn (Hap), Roberts Blossom (Dave), Keith David (Powerhouse), Ed Van Nuys (Nails), and Marg Helgenberger (Rachel).
Running Time: 105 minutes.
Hook (1991)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment and TriStar Pictures.
Producers: Gary Adelson (coproducer), Craig Baumgarten (coproducer), Bruce Cohen (associate), Dodi Fayed (executive), James V. Hart (executive—as Jim V. Hart), Kathleen Kennedy, Malia Scotch Marmo (associate), Frank Marshall, and Gerald R. Molen.
Writing Credits: J. M. Barrie (books), J.M. Barrie (play), James V. Hart (screen story—as Jim V. Hart), Nick Castle (screen story), James V. Hart (screenplay—as Jim V. Hart), and Malia Scotch Marmo (screenplay).
Cinematography: Dean Cundey.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman (Captain James Hook), Robin Williams (Peter Pan—A.K.A. Peter Banning), Julia Roberts (Tinkerbell), Bob Hoskins (Smee), Maggie Smith (Granny Wendy Moria Angela Darling), Caroline Goodall (Moria Banning), Charlie Korsmo (Jack Banning), and Amber Scott (Maggie Banning).
Running Time: 144 minutes.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Production Company: Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen, Lata Ryan (associate), and Colin Wilson (associate).
Writing Credits: Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay), and David Koepp (screenplay).
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Sam Neill (Dr. Alan Grant), Laura Dern (Dr. Ellie Sattler), Jeff Goldblum (Dr. Ian Malcolm), Richard Attenborough (John Hammond), Bob Peck (Robert Muldoon), Martin Ferrero (Donald Gennaro), B. D. Wong (Dr. Henry Wu), Joseph Mazzello (Tim), Ariana Richards (Lex), and Samuel L. Jackson (Ray Arnold).
Running Time: 126 minutes.
Schindler’s List (1993)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
Producers: Irving Glovin (associate), Kathleen Kennedy (executive), Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Robert Raymond (associate), Lew Rywin (coproducer), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Thomas Keneally (novel) and Steven Zaillian (screenplay).
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler), Ben Kingsley (Itzhak Stern), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth), Caroline Goodall (Emilie Schindler), Jonathan Sagall (Poldek Pfefferberg—as Jonathan Sagalle), Embeth Davidtz (Helen Hirsch), Malgoscha Gebel (Victoria Klonowska), and Shmulik Levy (Wilek Chilowicz).
Running Time: 195 minutes.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
Producers: Bonnie Curtis (associate), Kathleen Kennedy (executive), Gerald R. Molen, and Colin Wilson.
Writing Credits: Michael Crichton (novel: The Lost World) and David Koepp.
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Jeff Goldblum (Dr. Ian Malcolm), Julianne Moore (Dr. Sarah Harding), Pete Postlethwaite (Roland Tembo), Arliss Howard (Peter Ludlow), Richard Attenborough (John Hammond), Vince Vaughn (Nick Van Owen), Vanessa Lee Chester (Kelly Malcolm), and Peter Stormare (Dieter Stark).
Running Time: 134 minutes.
Amistad (1997)
Production Company: Dreamworks SKG and Home Box Office.
Producers: Debbie Allen, Robert Cooper (co-executive), Bonnie Curtis (associate), Paul Deason (associate), Laurie MacDonald (executive), Walter F. Parkes (executive—as Walter Parkes), Tim Shriver (coproducer), Steven Spielberg, and Colin Wilson.
Writing Credits: David H. Franzoni (written by—as David Franzoni).
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: Debbie Allen (one song) and John Williams.
Cast: Morgan Freeman (Theodore Joadson), Nigel Hawthorne (Martin Van Buren), Anthony Hopkins (John Quincy Adams), Djimon Hounsou (Cinqué—Sengbe), Matthew McConaughey (Roger Baldwin), David Paymer (U.S. Secretary of State Forsyth), Pete Postlethwaite (Holabird), and Stellan Skarsgård (Lewis Tappan).
Running Time: 152 minutes.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Dreamworks SKG, Mark Gorden Productions, Mutual Film Company, and Paramount Pictures.
Producers: Ian Bryce, Bonnie Curtis (coproducer), Kevin De La Noy (associate), Mark Gordon, Mark Huffam (associate), Gary Levinsohn, Allison Lyon Segan (coproducer), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Robert Rodat (written by).
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Tom Hanks (Captain John H. Miller), Tom Sizemore (Sergeant Michael Horvath), Edward Bums (Private Richard Reiben), Barry Pepper (Private Jackson), Adam Goldberg (Private Mellish), Vin Diesel (Private Adrian Caparzo), Giovanni Ribisi (T/4 Medic Irwin Wade), Jeremy Davies (Corporal Timothy E. Upham), Matt Damon (Private James Francis Ryan), and Ted Danson (Captain Fred Hamill).
Running Time: 169 minutes.
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Dreamworks SKG, Stanley Kubrick Productions, and Warner Brothers.
Producers: Bonnie Curtis, Jan Harlan (executive), Kathleen Kennedy, Walter F. Parkes (executive), and Steven Spielberg.
Writing Credits: Brian Aldiss (story: “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”), Ian Watson (screen story), Steven Spielberg (screenplay), and Stanley Kubrick (story: “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”).
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams, Paul Barker (song), and Al Jourgensen (song).
Cast: Haley Joel Osment (David), Francis O’Connor (Monica Swinton), Sam Robards (Henry Swinton), Jake Thomas (Martin Swinton), Jude Law (Gigolo Joe), and William Hurt (Professor Hobby—the Visionary).
Running Time: 145 min.
Minority Report (2002)
Production Company: 20th Century Fox, Amblin Entertainment, Blue Tulip, Cruise-Wagner Productions, and Dream Works SKG.
Producers: Jan de Bont, Bonnie Curtis, Gary Goldman (executive), Gerald R. Molen, Walter F. Parkes, Mark Russell (associate), and Ronald Shusett (executive).
Writing Credits: Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank (screenplay), and Jon Cohen (screenplay).
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Cast: Tom Cruise (Detective John Anderton), Colin Farrell (Officer Ed Witwer), Samantha Morton (Agatha), Max von Sydow (Director Lamar Burgess), Kathryn Morris (Lara Clarke), Neal McDonough (Officer Fletcher), and Spencer Treat Clark (Sean Anderton).
Running Time: Not yet released.