Authors: Joseph McBride
Since 1997, Spielberg has made more than two hundred appearances in film and
television
documentaries, including many made for video and DVD by DreamWorks about the production of his films (not listed here). Full listings of such credits can be found on the Internet Movie Database, imdb.com. Below are some of the most prominent of Spielberg’s other appearances before the camera.
1963
Journey to the Unknown
(
D
: Ernest G. Sauer; S also was credited with the special
effects).
1971
Duel
(
D
: S).
1972
Something Evil
(
D
: S).
1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
(TVTV/KCET, Los Angeles).
1980
The Blues Brothers
(
D
: John Landis; U).
1981
Great Movie Stunts: “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
(
D
: Robert Guenette; Lucasfilm,
CBS).
1981
The Making of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
(
D
: Phillip Schuman; Lucasfilm).
1982
The Making of “Poltergeist.”
1982
Chambre 666
(
D
: Wim Wenders).
1984
Gremlins
(
D
: Joe Dante).
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(
D
: S).
1987
The China Odyssey: “Empire of the Sun,” a Film by Steven Spielberg.
1987
Citizen Steve
.
1989
Great Adventurers & Their Quests: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
1989
The Tracey Ullman Show: “The Gate”
(
D
: Ted Bessell; S played himself in a comedy sketch with Ullman; Fox).
1990
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
(
D
: Ellen Weissbrod; WB).
1990
Making “Close Encounters.”
1991
Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros.
(
D
: Robert Guenette; WB).
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
(
D
: George Daugherty; WB).
1992
Your Family Matters:
“Shattered Lullabies” (Lifetime Television special hosted by S and Kate Capshaw).
1993
François Truffaut: 25 Years, 25 Films
(
P
: Michael Kurcfeld; Voyager laserdisc).
1994
American Cinema: “The Film School Generation”
(
D
: Steve Jenkins).
1994
Ladmo Remembered: A Wallace & Ladmo Special
(KPHO, Phoenix).
1995
The Making of “Jurassic Park.”
1995
The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg
(
D
: Louis J. Horvitz; NBC; expanded version on A&E).
1995
The Making of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws.”
1996
Survivors of the Holocaust.
1996
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.
1996
The Making of “1941.”
1996
The Making of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.”
1996
Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair
(
D
of scenes in which S appears: Roger Holzberg).
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(
D
: S).
1998
Biography (A&E)
.
1999
Forever Hollywood
(
D
: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy; American Cinematheque).
1999
Inside the Actors Studio
(Bravo).
2000
Lawrence of Arabia: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg
(
D
: Laurent Bouzereau; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment).
2001
Stanley Kubrick
: A Life in Pictures
(
D
: Jan Harlan; Warner Bros. Home Video).
2001
Vanilla Sky
(
D
: Cameron Crowe; Paramount).
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
(
D
: Jay Roach; New Line Cinema).
2003
Robert Capa: In Love and War
(
D
: Anne Makepeace; Parthenon Films).
2003
L’aventure Spielberg
(
D
: Laurent Cotillon, Stéphane Krausz; France 5).
2004
Voices from the List
(
D
: Michael Mayhew; Universal Studios Home Video).
2004
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
(Universal Studios Home Video).
2004
Double Dare
(
D
: Amanda Micheli; Balcony Releasing).
2004
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
(
D
: Kevin Brownlow; TCM).
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
(
D
: Daniel Anker; Shadow Distribution).
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
(
D
: Wendy Apple; Starz! Encore).
2006
Directed by John Ford
(
D
: Peter Bogdanovich; TCM; revised version of 1971 documentary).
2006
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
(
D
: Michael J. Shapiro, Jeff Werner; Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation).
2006
The Shark Is Still Working
(
D
: Erik Hollander; Finatic Productions).
2006
Searching for Orson
(
D
: Dominik Sedlar, Jakov Sedlar).
2006
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
(
D
: Louis J. Horvitz; CBS-TV; S was an honoree).
2007
Spielberg on Spielberg
(
D
: Richard Schickel; TCM).
2007
On the Lot
(Fox Network).
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
(
D
: Gary Leva; Warner Home Video).
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(
D
: Richard Schickel; WB).
2008
Warner at War
(
D
: Constantine Nasr; TCM/Warner Home Video; S narrates).
2009
E.R.
(John Wells Productions/Amblin/WB-TV; S appears as himself in an episode of this series).
2009
David Lean in Close-Up
(
D
: Andy Devonshire; BBC TV).
S was billed as creator on seven editions of the
Medal of Honor
videogame (1999–2004). He was a videographer for and appears in
Scoring “War of the Worlds
,” a 2005 DVD documentary about John Williams, directed by Laurent Bouzereau for DreamWorks. He was an assistant director on action scenes for
Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith
(
D
: George Lucas; Lucasfilm/Twentieth Century Fox).