Director Spotlight of Steven Spielberg

        In film directors main goal is to get the best performances out of his/her actors. Some have been to it very well, while some have failed miserably. One of the greatest (if not the greatest) directors of all-time is Steven Spielberg. Over the course of his 50+ year career Spielberg has directed some of the greats movies of all-time and today in this new segment of the local movieblog entitled Director Spotlight, we will take a look at the career of Steven Spielberg by listing the movies he's directed (with their rating from rottentomatoes.com), my top 3 favorite films that he has directed, a list of notable awards he has won and we'll take a look at his future projects. So without further ado...

Steven Spielberg's Directorial Credits

Year	Movie Title	Rottentomatoes.com Rating
1968	Amblin’	NA
1971	Duel	86%
1974	The Sugarland Express	92%
1975	Jaws	98%
1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	75%
1979	1941	32%
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	95%
1982	E.T. the Extra Terrestrial	98%
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	65%
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	85%
1985	The Color Purple	88%
1987	Empire of The Sun	82%
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	88%
1989	Always	64%
1991	Hook	31%
1993	Jurassic Par	93%
1993	Schindler’s List	97%
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	52%
1997	Amistad	76%
1998	Saving Private Ryan	92%
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	73%
2002	Catch Me If You Can	96%
2002	Minority Report	91%
2004	The Terminal	60%
2005	War of the Worlds	74%
2005	Munich	78%
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	78%
2011	The Adventures of Tintin	75%
2011	War Horse	77%
2012	Lincoln	90%

My Top 3 Favorite Films
1. Jurassic Park
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark

 Steven Spielberg's Notable Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Movie	Win/ Nomination
1978	Academy Award	Best Director	Close Encounter of the Third Kind	Nominated
1982	Academy Award	Best Director	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Nominated
1983	Academy Award	Best Director	E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial	Nominated
1983	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial	Nominated
1986	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	The Color Purple	Nominated
1994	Academy Award	Best Director	Schindler’s List	Win
1994	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	Schindler’s List	Win
1999	Academy Award	Best Director	Saving Private Ryan	Win
1999	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	Saving Private Ryan	Nominated
2006	Academy Award	Best Director	Munich	Nominated
2006	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	Munich	Nominated
2007	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	Letters from Iwo Jima	Nominated
2012	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	War Horse	Nominated
2013	Academy Award	Best Director	Lincoln	Nominated
2013	Academy Award	Best Picture (as Producer)	Lincoln	Nominated

Steven Spielberg's Future Projects

As of now he has no future projects as a director in the future but he will be executive producer on three films that are set to be released in 2015 (which include Jurassic World, The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun and American Sniper)

        So ladies and gentlemen what are your thoughts on Stephen Spielberg? Let me know in the comments section and let your voice be heard

                                                                                                                                         Jonah Sparks