The Big Picture: Steven Spielberg Career & Biographical Notes: Twice denied admission to USC Film School Directed the film Amblin in 1968, which gave its name to his production company Directed the 1971 TV movie Duel, which was a precursor to Jaws Still dreams of making Indiana Jones and the Ninja Monkeys of Sri Lanka

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Steven Spielberg Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 6/17/11-6/23/11
• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Catch Me If You Can
• Celebrity Eyes 3
• Color Purple, The
• Hook
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Jaws
• Jurassic Park
• Poltergeist
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Saving Private Ryan
• Schindler's List
• Steven Spielberg Trivia, Part I
• Steven Spielberg Trivia, Part II
• That's Not My Movie (Directors Edition)

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film No release date The Rivals

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	5/22/08				307.80	Info
Munich	12/23/05	R	532	6.04	47.38	Info
War of the Worlds	6/29/05	PG-13	3908	77.06	233.58	Info
The Terminal	6/18/04	PG-13	2811	19.05	77.03	Info
Catch Me If You Can	12/25/02		3156	30.08	164.61	Info
Minority Report	6/21/02	PG-13	3001	35.68	132.01	Info
ET the Extraterrestrial (Re-Release)	3/22/02	N/A

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Awards:

2005
Munich

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Kansas City Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2002
Catch Me If You Can

• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association

Minority Report

• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards

2001
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.

• Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards

1998
Saving Private Ryan

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Director, Las Vegas Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Win: Best Director, Toronto Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics

1997
Amistad

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1993
Schindler's List

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Win: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Director, National Society of Film Critics
• Win: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics

1985
The Color Purple

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1982
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1975
Jaws

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

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