Born: December 18, 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio.
1964: Firelight
1974: The Sugarland Express
1975: Jaws
1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Oscar Nominations: Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1979: 1941
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Oscar Nomination: Best Director)
1982: E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director)
1983: Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985: The Colour Purple (Oscar Nomination: Best Picture)
1987: Empire Of The Sun
1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Always
1990: The Visionary
1991: Hook
1993: Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List (Oscar Winner: Best Picture, Best Director)
1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad
1998: Saving Private Ryan (Oscar Winner: Best Director; Oscar Nomination: Best Picture)
2001: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
2002: Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can
2004: The Terminal
2005: War of the Worlds, Munich (Oscar Nomination: Best Picture, Best Director)
2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2011: The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, War Horse (Oscar Nomination: Best Picture)
2012: Lincoln (Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director)
2015: Bridge of Spies (Oscar Nomination: Best Picture)
2016: The BFG
2017: The Post (Oscar Nomination: Best Picture)
