My Kind Of Crazy

Thread #5 for the most successful filmmaker of all time, Steven Spielberg. He made the 80's special and magical as a director ("Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E. T." and Indiana Jones sequels), as a producer ("Back To The Future", "Gremlins", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", Batteries Not Included") and as producer/story ("The Goonies", "Poltergeist").



His other 80s works as a director include 1985's "The Color Purple", 1987's "Empire of the Sun" and 1989's "Always". His other 80s credits as producer/executive producer include "Back To The Future II", "An American Tail", "Young Sherlock Holmes", "The Blues Brothers", "The Money Pit", "The Land Before Time" and "Innerspace".





Steven's non 80's directorial efforts include "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Hook", "Jurassic Park", "Schindler's List", "The Lost World", "Amistad", "Minority Report", "War of the Worlds", "Munich", "Saving Private Ryan", "Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls", "War Horse", "Lincoln", "Bridge of Spies", "The BFG" and more!

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Melis

Uh oh, you know Barry was working on a new thread. You're in trouble, Jen. lol Kidding

Enigma

Uh oh

I finally saw The Fableman's today. It was excellent!

Melis

Good to know.

Barrybgb

With his new Academy Award nomination, Steven has extended his record as the only person nominated for Best Director in 6 different decades.

He actually has two nominations this year for 'Director' and 'Original Screenplay'.

GardenSirens

He's so great, i hope he wins!

Melis

Cross fingers

Barrybgb

There is a good chance. He won the Golden Globe.

Melis

That's good to hear.

Enigma

That's awesome. Hopefully he wins one or both.

Melis

hope so

Barrybgb

He actually has three nominations. In addition to Directing and Screenplay, there is also Best Picture, which is a Producer's award, and he is a producer on the movie as well.

Melis

wow

Enigma

Very true. It is nominated for best picture too.

Melis

nice