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
Arnold Spielberg systems, including price look up on a large drum storage unit, calculating sales transactions including sales tax, discounts, and credit verification. In 1957, Spielberg began working for General Electric. Here he was instrumental in developing the G.E. 200 series. The GE-225 was derived from the GE-312 and 412 Process control computers. Spielberg and Charles "Chuck" H. Propster had worked together at RCA on BIZMAC before designing the GE-225, introduced in 1960. Spielberg married Leah Posner (1920–2017) in 1945 and had four children, son Steven Spielberg and daughters Anne Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg, and Sue Spielberg. Spielberg has fourteen grandchildren and twenty