Steven Spielberg filmography trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism. Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan", as well as receiving five other nominations. Three of Spielberg's films—"Jaws", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", and "Jurassic Park"—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $10 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history and the first to ever pass this milestone (on approximately April 16th 2018). Spielberg has worked as a producer, executive producer, director, or in an otherwise creative capacity on several films where he
Which Lie Did I Tell? Something About Mary", "North by Northwest" and "Chinatown". The next section covers how he gets movie ideas, and details four examples and why he didn't pursue them. "The Old Guy," inspired by the true story about an elderly criminal (recently made into a 2018 movie, "The Old Man and The Gun," apparently without Goldman's participation). Goldman learned of the story in an April 1999 article in the San Francisco Chronicle. "The Good Guy," an original story idea linking characters in the Littleton, Colorado school shooting and the JonBenet Ramsey murder, which took place in Boulder, CO. "The Mastermind," expanding on