Steven SPIELBERG

Director

Country: USA

Biography

One of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers, Steven Spielberg has directed, produced, or executive produced some of the top-grossing films of all time, including Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Jaws. He is a three-time Academy Award® winner, earning Oscars® for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler’s List, and an Oscar® for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. Spielberg is a three-time DGA Award winner for his work on The Color Purple, Schindler’s List, and Saving Private Ryan. He has also been honored with Academy Award nominations for Best Director for E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Munich,and Lincoln. He is a recipient of the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the PGA’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures, the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a Kennedy Center Honor.

Films presented in Cannes

2013 - JAWS - Cinéma de la Plage Director
2012 - METHOD TO THE MADNESS OF JERRY LEWIS - Cannes Classics Actor
2012 - JAWS - Cannes Classics Director
2010 - HOLLYWOOD DON'T SURF - Cannes Classics Actor
2008 - INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL - Out of Competition Director
1986 - THE COLOR PURPLE - Out of Competition Director
1982 - E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL IN HIS ADVENTURE ON EARTH - Out of Competition Director
1974 - THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS - In Competition Director, Screenplay
- TEST CLARA (clara test) - Special Screenings Director

Awards

1974 - Award for Best Screenplay - THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

2013 - Feature films - President