Director Steven Spielberg receives 11 Oscar Award nominations for film "Saving Private Ryan"
NYP99020901-09 FEBRUARY 1999 -NEW YORK , NEW YORK , USA: Film Producer/Director Steven Spielberg received 11 Oscar Award nominations which included "Best Director and Best Picture" for the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan". The Oscar Award nominations were announced February 9th in Hollywood, California. iw/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
WAP99081103 - 11 AUGUST 1999 - WASHINGTON, D. C., USA: Steven Spielberg, left, receives the Department of Defense Public Service Award from Secretary of Defense William Cohen at a ceremony at the Pentagon August 11. jr/Joel Rennich UPI
LAP99090905 - 09 SEPTEMBER 1999 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Director Steven Spielberg arrives September 8 the Los Angeles premiere of the dark comedy motion picture "American Beauty." Though there has been speculation Spielberg would direct the late Stanley Kubrick's aborted science fiction project "A.I.," it won't be any time soon. Spielberg plans to work on two movies "Minority Report" due for release in autumn of 2000 and "Memoirs of a Geisha" by 2001. Among the other projects Spielberg is working on are a Charles Lindbergh biography and an Indiana Jones sequel. jr/Jim Ruymen UPI........................................................
NYP99102213 - 22 0CTOBER 1999 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Director Steven Spielberg, winner of GQ's magazine "Men of the Year" award for Film Director, poses at the October 21 ceremonies in New York City. jr/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
Spielberg and Hanks honored in Veterans Day ceremony
FTL99111105 - 11 NOVEMBER 1999 - FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, USA: Steven Spielberg addresses sailors, Marines and distinguished guests at a Veterans Day tribute November 11 on board the USS Normandy in Port Everglades, Florida. Spielberg and Hanks recieved the Distinguished Public Service Award, the US Navy's highest civilian honor, in appreciation of the film "Saving Private Ryan." jr/sk/Robert Stolpe UPI
WAP2001012953 - 29 JANUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Flim Director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, arrive at the British embassy in Washington, January 29, 2001 for a ceremony where Spielberg was scheduled to receive the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the Brittish Empire. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: NEW YORK FILM PREMIERE
NYP2001062702 - 27 JUNE 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Director Steven Spielberg chats with his film star Haley Joel Osment, left, at the June 26, 2001 New York City, New York premiere of the film "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" cc/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI
Film director Steven Spielberg, in Tokyo to promote his new movie "War of the Worlds", offers his autographs to Japanese fans on June 13, 2005. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)
Producer Steven Spielberg (L) poses with cast members Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh (C) and Japanese actor Ken Watanabe as they arrive for the Los Angeles premiere of the motion picture romantic comedy "Memoirs of a Geisha" at the Kodak Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California December 4, 2005. The film is based on the novel by Arthur Golden and tells the story of a Japanese child (Ziyi Zhang) who goes from working as a maid in a geisha house to becoming the legendary geisha Sayuri. The movie opens in the U.S. on December 9. . (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)
Actor Clint Eastwood, the director and producer of "Flags of Our Fathers," the motion picture epic World War II battle for the island of Iwo Jima, arrives with producer Steven Spielberg for the premiere of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on October 9, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)
STEVEN SPEILBERG PRESENTS A DOCUMENTARY ON THE HOLOCAUST IN KIEV
U.S. executive producer and filmmaker Steven Spielberg speaks at a news conference in Kiev before the premiere of the documentary "Spell Your Name" on October 18, 2006. Speilberg co-produced this film about the Nazi massacre of Ukrainian Jews at the Babi Yar ravine. (UPI Photo/Sergey Starostenko) .
34TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS ARE PRESENTED
Director Steven Spielberg poses with the Founder's Award as he is joined by newscaster Katie Couric who presented the award to him at the 34th Annual International Emmy Awards gala on November 20, 2006 in New York City. The awards, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Science, are given to television programming produced outside of the United States. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the Kennedy Center honorees in the Blue Room of the White House during a reception on December 3, 2006. From left, they are: singer and songwriter Willam "Smokey" Robinson musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber country singer Dolly Parton film director Steven Spielberg and conductor Zubin Mehta. (UPI Photo/Eric Draper/White House)
Director Steven Spielberg arrives for the 79th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Phil McCarten)
Director Steven Spielberg (L), actor Harrison Ford (C) and producer George Lucas arrive at a photocall for the film "Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" during the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 18, 2008. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
Liberty Medal awarded to Steven Spielberg in Philadelphia
Former President Bill Clinton (R) presents the 2009 Liberty Medal to Steven Spielberg at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia on October 8, 2009. UPI/Laurence Kesterson/Pool
Steven Spielberg attends "The Lovely Bones" premiere in Los Angeles
Executive producer Steven Spielberg arrives for the premiere of the motion picture fantasy crime thriller "The Lovely Bones", at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on December 7, 2009. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Pacific World War II veterans honored by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and HBO executives in Washington
(L to R) Richard Plepler, Co-President, HBO, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks attend a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington on March 11, 2010. Hanks and Steven Spielberg, executive producers of a new HBO miniseries "The Pacific," hosted a ceremony to honor World War II veterans who served in the Pacific. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn
Steven Spielberg arrives for the 83rd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood
Steven Spielberg and his daughter Destry Allyn arrive on the red carpet for the 83rd annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on February 27, 2011. UPI/David Silpa
Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg attend the "Lincoln" premiere in Los Angeles
Cast member Daniel Day-Lewis (L) and director Steven Spielberg arrive at the premiere of their new historical biographic motion picture "Lincoln", as part of AFI Fest 2012 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on November 8, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen
White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) Dinner Event in DC
Director Steven Spielberg mugs for the camera during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) in Washington, DC on April 27, 2013. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
Jury President Steven Spielberg arrives at the jury photocall during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David Silpa
Jury President Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw arrive on the red carpet before the screening of the film "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 18, 2013. UPI/David Silpa
Jury President Steven Spielberg takes a photo on the steps of the Palais des Festivals before the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 19, 2013. UPI/David Silpa
New York Premiere of 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction'
Steven Spielberg arrives on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction' at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on June 25, 2014. UPI/John Angelillo
67th annual Directors Guild of America Awards held in Los Angeles
"Birdman" writer-director Alejandro Inarritu (L) mingles with director Steven Spielberg as he appears backstage with the prize for outstanding directional achievement for a feature film, giving Inarritu and possibly "Birdman or (The Unexpected Value of Ignorance)" an edge ahead of the Academy Awards during the 67th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on February 7, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
President Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Steven Spielberg
President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to director Steven Spielberg during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. November 24, 2015. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Steven Spielberg speaks at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony
Steven Spielberg speaks before introducing US President Barack Obama, at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony which takes place on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Embassy of Israel, in Washington, DC, January 27, 2016. Pool photo by Aude Guerrucci/UPI
Steven Spielberg attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2016 in London
American director Steven Spielberg attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2016 at The Royal Opera House in London on February 14, 2016. Photo by Paul Treadway/ UPI
Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg and Ruby Barnhill attend the Cannes Film Festival
Ruby Barnhill (L), Steven Spielberg (C) and Kate Capshaw arrive on the red carpet before the screening of the film "The BFG" at the 69th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 14, 2016. Photo by David Silpa/UPI
John Williams and Steven Spilberg attend "The BFG" premiere in Los Angeles
Composer John Williams (L), who scored the soundtrack for the Steven Spielberg (R) directed motion picture fantasy "The BFG" attends the premiere of the film at the El Capitan Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on June 21, 2016. Storyline: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Steven Spielberg arrives at The National Board of Review in New York
Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg arrive on the red carpet at the National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on January 9, 2018. The National Board of Review's awards celebrate excellence in filmmaking with categories that include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Performance, and Directorial Debut, as well as signature honors such as the Freedom of Expression. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Steven Spielberg attends the Oscar nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills
Director Steven Spielberg attends the 90th annual Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 5, 2018. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Steven Spielberg attends the "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" premiere in Los Angeles
Executive producer Steven Spielberg attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion picture "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on June 12, 2018. Storyline: When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw Attend LACMA's Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles
Steven Spielberg (R) and Kate Capshaw attend LACMA's Art+Film 10th Annual gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 6, 2021. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI