Steven Spielberg

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Casting David Lynch As John Ford In The Fabelmans Wasn't Steven ... (/FILM)

The "Jaws" director has worked with screenwriter Tony Kushner on every film since his 2005 thriller "Munich." Kushner was previously a popular playwright, ...

"So he called Laura Dern and Laura Dern called David [Lynch]. "'It'll never happen because he'll never agree to do it but it should be David Lynch.'" Kushner was on board, but he agreed that Lynch would be a difficult get — and so did Spielberg. "The whole crew was like, 'This is the most meta, complicated thing: Steven Spielberg directing Gabriel LaBelle playing Steven Spielberg meeting John Ford played by David Lynch.' It was like... When Kushner's husband suggested Lynch for the part of John Ford, Spielberg thought it was a great idea, but he worried that the eccentric filmmaker would turn the role down. [DGA Q&A](https://www.dga.org/Events/2023/January2023/Fabelmans_QnA_1122.aspx) (via [The Film Stage](https://thefilmstage.com/watch-steven-spielberg-talk-to-martin-scorsese-about-how-david-lynch-became-john-ford/)) "[He said], 'I want to get the costume two weeks ahead of time to live in for two weeks. But it was the way John Ford was." Harris knew right away that the "Blue Velvet" director would be reluctant to join the cast of "The Fabelmans" "And the light bulbs went off the second I heard that name. We just sort of said, 'we'll find somebody.' And we started going through lots of really wonderful actors who kind of looked like him and were maybe a little too young — nothing was all that exciting." ["The Fabelmans"](https://www.slashfilm.com/1211819/the-fabelmans-perfectly-recreated-steven-spielbergs-childhood-home-made-him-break-down/) tells the tale of Steven Spielberg's childhood, how he found his love of movies, and how he eventually got introduced into the harsh world of the film business. He has been collaborating more or less exclusively with Spielberg for decades, with screenwriting credits including "Lincoln" and the "West Side Story" reboot. Kushner was previously a popular playwright, having penned "Angels in America."

How many Oscars has Steven Spielberg won and for which movies? (AS English)

Steven Spielberg's successful career in Hollywood continues, with his film "The Fabelmans" up for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards.

With a total of eight nominations for the Academy Best Director Award during his career, few filmmakers come close to Steven Spielberg - only William Wyler, with 12 and Martin Scorsese with nine have had more. Five years later, Spielberg picked up his third Oscar - his second in the Best Director category for Saving Private Ryan - another war movie, this time focusing on the Normandy landings. The film, which has since grossed $322,197,132 worldwide, also won the Oscar for the Best Picture. This year Spielberg has another chance to take home both awards for his film The Fabelmans a semi-autobiographical movie that has received high acclaim for critics. It was a box office smash in the summer of 1975, recouping production costs in just over one week. For many directors in Hollywood, one Academy Award nomination or win would be the honor of a lifetime.

How many Oscars does Steven Spielberg have? (For The Win)

When Spielberg was nominated for Best Director this year, he tied Martin Scorsese for the second-most all-time nominations in the category.

John Ford has the most Best Director wins with four. The Fabelmans is his ninth Best Director nomination, and films directed by Spielberg have been nominated for Best Picture seven times, the first being E.T. William Wyler has the most with 12. The 76-year-old was first nominated for Best Director in 1978 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It’s not the first time Spielberg has been nominated for an Oscar, of course. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurrasic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Lincoln, and The Post.

'E.T.': the classic movie Steven Spielberg came up with “in a couple ... (Far Out Magazine)

The best work comes quickly. Creatives of all disciplines frequently talk about songs, poems and scripts falling into their lap, seemingly from nowhere.

is “a story about my mom and dad” filtered through the lens of science fiction. Suddenly this whole story hit me like a tonne of bricks, which was really a story about my mom and dad when they got divorced, and how I felt as a kid wanting a friend like that to fill the void in my life. Spielberg’s story reveals a lot about the nature of creativity. And all these things came pouring in, and I actually put the story together in a couple of – I think a couple of days.” was a gift ](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steven-spielberg-movie-he-describes-as-perfect/)that came from the heavens for me,” Speilberg explained. [Steven Spielberg](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/tags/steven-spielberg) described the genesis of one of his most famous movies, a film he said “came from the heavens”.

Steven Spielberg's Net Worth In 2023 and How He Earned It (KPVI News 6)

How much money did Steven Spielberg make from Jurassic Park? The iconic director often takes a low upfront salary in return for a backend portion of profits, ...

Steven Spielberg Called In A Favor From George Lucas To Finish ... (/FILM)

The two most famously paired up to deliver the "Indiana Jones" movies, forever changing the action/adventure genre only a few scant years after Lucas had done ...

Well, the film only went on to win Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing at the 1994 Academy Awards. "I had edited the whole film and all that was left was mixing and color correction and sound effects editing. In the interview, the expert multitasker looked back at ["Jurassic Park" for its 30th anniversary](https://www.slashfilm.com/1221807/cool-stuff-celebrate-jurassic-parks-30th-anniversary-with-dino-mite-lego-sets/) and regaled Colbert with the story of how he had to call in a little backup to pull off both "Jurassic Park" and [the immensely complicated Holocaust drama "Schindler's List"](https://www.slashfilm.com/1003305/it-was-a-long-and-winding-road-getting-schindlers-list-to-the-big-screen/) in the same year. That was the case with "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List," the latter of which caught the filmmaker's eye when he had only just finished principal photography on his dinosaur movie. Most directors would've focused every iota of energy on a blockbuster as boundary-pushing as "Jurassic Park," but there's a reason why Spielberg is truly in a league of his own. Yet, as fate would have it, Spielberg and Lucas once again crossed paths on the same production — this time, for 1993's "Jurassic Park."

Here's Why Steven Spielberg Gave Ke Huy Quan a Standing Ovation (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)

Steven Spielberg has been a huge champion of Ke Huy Quan this awards season, even giving him an off-camera standing ovation.

[Spielberg](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jaws-why-steven-spielberg-was-almost-fired-from-the-film.html/) brought Quan back the following year for The Goonies, which Spielberg co-wrote and executive produced. With Quan once again back in the Hollywood spotlight, fresh offers have started to pour in. Reenergized by the breakthrough, Quan has even said he’s very open to slipping back into Short Round’s shoes. Quan ended up graduating from USC’s film school in the late 1990s and moving behind the camera, working on fight choreography for movies like X-Men, according to [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/movies/ke-huy-quan-everything-everywhere.html). In addition to soaking up love from critics and awards voters, Quan has had a series of public reunions with figures from his past. [Stephen Colbert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3pspseM4Y&ab_channel=TheLateShowwithStephenColbert), he had no idea that Everything Everywhere All at Once was going to change his life. Rather than easing back into acting, Quan had to take on a series of different personas opposite Michelle Yeoh, who gave a career-defining performance of her own in the film. Quan suddenly found himself going toe-to-toe on screen with Harrison Ford, arguably the biggest star in the world in the wake of Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark. “The most successful director of all time gave me a standing ovation!” he told [movie](https://www.cheatsheet.com/movies/) world embraces the incredible comeback story of Ke Huy Quan, nobody seems to be more thrilled than Steven Spielberg. “I was coaching [my brother] on what to do behind the camera, and the casting director saw me and asked me if I’m interested in reading for him, and I said yes. After he picked up a new agent, they sent the very first project his way: Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Steven Spielberg won millions in a bet gone wrong with George Lucas (The Digital Fix)

George Lucas worried that Star Wars would struggle at the box office, which led him to make a very costly bet with best buddy Steven Spielberg.

We’ve also got a [The Mandalorian season 3 episode 2 recap](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-wars/the-mandalorian-season-3-episode-2-recap) for you. For Lucas, it was a risky, ambitious [adventure movie](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/best-adventure-movies) project called Star Wars. [Steven Spielberg](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/steven-spielberg) and [Star Wars](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-wars) creator George Lucas are about as much of a power friendship as you can find in Hollywood. If we’d managed to earn that much cash, we’d probably be getting the [best Star Wars aliens](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-wars/aliens), the [best Star Wars droids](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/best-star-wars-droids), the [best Star Wars villains](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/best-star-wars-villains), and the [Skywalker family tree](https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-wars/skywalker-family-tree). I’ll give you 2.5% of Star Wars if you give me 2.5% of Close Encounters’. But for just how well, we turn to an interview with Spielberg for Turner Classic Movies (via I’ll trade some points with you. And like many friends, Spielberg and Lucas are no strangers to a little wager. So I said ‘sure, I’ll gamble with that, great’.” You want to trade some points? I can’t believe what you’re getting, and oh my goodness…’ He said: ‘All right, I’ll tell you what.

Steven Spielberg reflects on 'The Dark Knight' Best Picture snub at ... (The News International)

The much awaited 2023 Oscar awards are right around the corner.Ahead of the greatest night of Hollywood, celebrated filmmaker Steven Spielberg has revealed ...

However, the Dark Knight was shut out of the Best Picture race, with Slumdog Millionaire overtaking The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader to win. The movie went on to win two of them, with Ledger landing Best Supporting Actor and Richard King honoured for Best Sound Editing. “I’m really encouraged by that,” Spielberg said.

Steven Spielberg, one step away from the definitive Hollywood ... (Sportsfinding)

The movie Encounters in the third phase gave Steven Spielberg his first Oscar nomination. It was 1978 and the legend of one of the most popular and grossing ...

Steven Spielberg arrives at the 2023 Oscars ceremony as a great favorite after taking the Golden Globe with a semi-autobiographical film that also has many ballots to leave the Dolby Theater as the great winner of the 95th edition of the Academy Awards. Then came the candidacies that he achieved thanks to in search of the lost ark (1982), ET the alien (1983) or the two that he managed to win: schindler’s list (1994) y Saving Private Ryan (1999). The movie Encounters in the third phase gave Steven Spielberg his first Oscar nomination.

Jimmy Kimmel Makes Joe, Hunter Biden Reference at the 2023 ... (Hollywood Reporter)

Political comments were made during the 2023 Oscars, including Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen being called the "Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.

[Awards](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/awards/) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday. Other Hollywood figures have [taken to social media in recent days in protest](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/maren-morris-sheryl-crow-benefits-concert-tennessee-anti-lgbtq-laws-1235347395/). Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, also shared a message on the stage, saying, “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. “I would like to dedicate this award to Navalny, to all political prisoners around the world,” Roher added. He said the film’s namesake, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March 2021, “remains in solitary confinement for what he [Navalny] calls, ‘Vladimir Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine.'” See the [complete winners list](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-oscars-winners-list-1235349224/) and view the star-studded [Oscars red carpet arrivals](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/2023-oscars-red-carpet-looks-arrivals-photos-1235349270/). “What a pair.” [Daniel Kwan](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/daniel-kwan/) and [Daniel Scheinert](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/daniel-scheinert/) [won the best directing award ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/everything-everywhere-oscar-best-director-daniels-speech-1235347857/)for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and during the latter’s speech, he dedicated the award “to the mommies of the world, to our moms, specifically my mom and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!” “Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all. [accepting the Oscar for best documentary feature](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/navalny-oscar-best-documentary-feature-1235349655/), [Navalny](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/navalny/) director Daniel Roher dedicated the award to Russian political opposition leader and Putin critic Alexei Navalny. [opening monologue](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jimmy-kimmel-slap-oscars-2023-monologue-1235349528/) of Hollywood’s biggest night, host Jimmy Kimmel called [Steven Spielberg](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/steven-spielberg/) and [Seth Rogen](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/seth-rogen/) the “Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.” Rogan starred as Bennie Loewy in the director’s film, The Fabelmans. [2023 Oscars ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-oscars-winners-list-1235349224/)on Sunday night, including a Joe and Hunter Biden reference and award dedications to political prisoners.

'Indiana Jones,' 'Jaws' and More! Steven Spielberg Through the Years (Us Weekly)

“I credit Jaws with everything, being a movie director, having final cut. Jaws gave me freedom, and I've never lost my freedom,” the Amblin Entertainment ...

Following decades of his highly accomplished directing career, Spielberg decided to create the semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, which was released in 2022. And it was partially because the script was unfinished and we were all making it up as we went along.” After the enormous success of Jaws, Spielberg went on to direct several huge box-office successes including 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/e-t-henry-thomas-elliot-reunite-37-years-after-the-movie-video/) director was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1946, though his family moved to Phoenix 10 years later, where he spent his formative years. Spielberg made his directorial debut with the 1974 film The Sugarland Express. Spielberg’s interest in film started at a young age where he spent time making adventure films and later moving to California to pursue a film career.

What Does Steven Spielberg Have To Do To Win Another Oscar ... (/FILM)

For someone who is the most financially successful filmmaker of all time and reshaped Hollywood, Steven Spielberg is weirdly ignored by the Academy Awards.

We see Gabriel LaBelle's Sammy imagining himself filming the scene of the divorce in a mirror. From the existential sadness of "A.I." I'd even argue that Spielberg in the 21st century may be even better than in the 20th. The man has a cavalcade of masterpieces under his belt, yet he has not won a Best Director trophy since 1999 with "Saving Private Ryan" or Best Picture since 1994 with "Schindler's List," which also happens to be the only film of his to have won that award. At this point, I don't know what is finally going to get the Academy to think it's a good time to finally award him again. [heavily autobiographical film](https://www.slashfilm.com/1125171/how-the-pandemic-inspired-steven-spielberg-to-make-the-fabelmans/) won the Audience Award at this past year's Toronto International Film Festival, we all thought it was finally going to be his time again.

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