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Film is a collaborative medium. Everyone from the crew to the director is a storyteller. The screenwriter and screenplay are just the beginning. Some directors are masters of their craft, while others encompass the whole spectrum of cinematic storytelling with passion and vision.

Steven Spielberg is one of those visionaries that transcends his position as a mere director.

He is the first director in the history of cinema to see his films (those he directed) cross the $10 billion mark.

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He has never directed a mainstream superhero film. Any sequel he has directed was a direct follow-up to original films or adaptations he himself directed — hence, he's not just a big studio franchise work-for-hire.

He's been nominated for seven Best Director Academy Awards, winning two of them (Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan).

In , he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his work as a creative producer and received the A