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Steven Spielberg is a threetime Academy Award-winning American film directorand producer.
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He is the most financially successful motion picture director of all time.He has directed and/or produced a number of major box office hits, giving him greatinfluence in Hollywood.
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As of 2004,he has been listed in Premiere and other magazinesas the most"powerful"and"influential"figure in the motion picture industry.He has won three Academy Awards and been nominated for six Academy Awardsfor Best Director
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winning two of themSchindler's List and Saving Private Ryan
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andseven of the films he directed were up for the Best Picture Oscar Schindler's List won.Spielberg ranks among the most successful filmmakers in history,in terms of bothcritical acclaim and popular success even though his films are sometimes portrayed asthe archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking by critics.
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First coming toattention directing adventure films,in later years he has tackled emotionally powerfulissues,such as the Holocaust,slavery,war,and recently terrorism.
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