List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in the New Hollywood era and is currently the most commercially successful director. Spielberg is the recipient of various awards including three Academy Awards (with two for Best Director), two British Academy Film Awards, twelve Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, three Directors Guild of America Awards, and seven Producers Guild of America Awards. He also received a Kennedy Center honor, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award.

Spielberg is known for such blockbuster films as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993) and the Indiana Jones series (1981-present). Spielberg later explored drama in The Color Purple (1985) and Empire of the Sun (1987). Spielberg cemented his status as a serious filmmaker with the holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993), and the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Spielberg continued in the 2000s with science fiction, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Minority Report (2002) and War of the Worlds (2005). He has since directed several fantasy films including The Adventures of Tintin (2011), and Ready Player One (2018), the historical dramas War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017), and the musical West Side Story (2021).

Other lifetime honors

 * 1987 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
 * 1998 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 * 1999 Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
 * 2001 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Honorary)
 * 2003 Knight Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
 * 2004 Knight, Legion of Honour
 * 2005 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, the inaugural "Film, Television, and Media" induction
 * 2006 Kennedy Center Honors
 * 2008 Officer, Legion of Honour
 * 2009 Liberty Medal
 * 2011 Commander, Order of the Crown (Belgium)
 * 2013 Israel: President's Medal
 * 2015 United States: Presidential Medal of Freedom