# List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg
**Steven Spielberg** (born 1946) is an American filmmaker whose directing and producing work has drawn nominations and awards from the Academy Awards, the [British Academy Film Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/british-academy-film-awards), the Golden Globes, the [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards), the [Grammy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/grammy-awards), and the Tony Awards, along with United States national honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Arts. He is a three-time Academy Award winner, a Kennedy Center Honoree, and a recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg) In early 2026 he completed the EGOT, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony across his career.[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Three-time winner; nine Best Director nominations, behind only Martin Scorsese (10) and William Wyler (12)[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg) • [2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html) |
| Best Picture nominations | A record 13, from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) through The Fabelmans (2022)[3](https://newsletter-stg.oscars.org/features/steven-spielberg-best-picture-record) |
| BAFTA | 13 nominations and 2 wins, plus the BAFTA Fellowship (1986) and the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award (2000)[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/film1516previousnominationsandwins.pdf) |
| Golden Globes | 20 nominations[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/steven-spielberg/) |
| Primetime Emmys | 11 nominations and 4 wins as listed by the Television Academy[6](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/steven-spielberg) |
| EGOT | Completed in 2026 with the Grammy for Best Music Film for producing *Music by John Williams*[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html) |
| National honors | Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015, from President Barack Obama); National Medal of Arts (2023)[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg) |
## Academy Awards
Spielberg's Academy Awards recognition centers on two films. He won for the first time in 1994, taking home Best Director and Best Picture for the Holocaust drama *Schindler's List*, and in 1999 he picked up a third Academy Award as Best Director for *Saving Private Ryan*.[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html) His Best Director nominations cover *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*, *[Munich](https://www.edgepedia.org/munich-2005-film)*, *[Lincoln](https://www.edgepedia.org/lincoln-film)*, *West Side Story*, and *The Fabelmans*.[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg)
As a producer, Spielberg holds the record for most Best Picture nominations: his 13th nomination came for *The Fabelmans*, after previous nominations for *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), *The Color Purple* (1985), *Schindler's List* (1993), *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), *Munich* (2005), *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), *War Horse* (2011), *Lincoln* (2012), *Bridge of Spies* (2015), *The Post* (2017), *West Side Story* (2021), and *The Fabelmans* (2022).[3](https://newsletter-stg.oscars.org/features/steven-spielberg-best-picture-record)
## Directors Guild and critics' groups
Spielberg has earned DGA Award nominations for *Jaws*, *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*, *[The Color Purple](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-color-purple-1985-film)*, *[Empire of the Sun](https://www.edgepedia.org/empire-of-the-sun-film)*, *Amistad*, *Lincoln*, *West Side Story*, and *The Fabelmans*.[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg) At the 75th DGA Awards in February 2023, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won the guild's top prize for *Everything Everywhere All at Once*, denying Spielberg a record-extending fourth win for *The Fabelmans*.[7](https://apnews.com/article/04e5162abc3c8f1ee9cfca65b6dd1f3a)
During the same awards season, the [National Board of Review](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-board-of-review) named him its best-director honoree for 2022, and at the Golden Globes *The Fabelmans* won Best Director, marking the fifth time one of Spielberg's films won a best-picture Globe.[8](https://apnews.com/article/41dffefdcdd2b918eb6a4c370c4ad6e5) • [9](https://apnews.com/article/38f7af2fc28d44729beed3c4a1527ca0) His Golden Globes total stands at 20 nominations.[5](https://goldenglobes.com/person/steven-spielberg/)
## BAFTA
The British Academy Film Awards have nominated Spielberg 13 times with 2 wins, both for *Schindler's List* in 1994 as Best Film and Best Director.[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/film1516previousnominationsandwins.pdf) His nominations include Director for *Jaws* (1976), [Screenplay](https://www.edgepedia.org/screenplay) and Director for *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1979), Best Film and Director for *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1983), Best Film and Director for *Saving Private Ryan* (1999), Animated Film for *[The Adventures of Tintin](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-adventures-of-tintin-film): The Secret of the Unicorn* (2012), Best Film for *Lincoln* (2013), and Best Film and Director for *Bridge of Spies* (2016).[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/film1516previousnominationsandwins.pdf) BAFTA has also given him the Fellowship in 1986 and the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film in 2000, and his name appears as a producer on later nominations including *The Fabelmans* for Original Screenplay in 2023 and *Hamnet*, a 2026 nominee for Best Film and winner for Outstanding British Film.[4](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/film1516previousnominationsandwins.pdf) • [10](https://www.bafta.org/awards/search/?search=Steven+Spielberg)
## Television, music, and theater: the EGOT
Spielberg's television work has produced more Emmys than his films have Oscars. He won his first Primetime Emmy in 1995 for executive producing the animated special *A Pinky and the Brain Christmas*, and in the 2000s won Outstanding Limited Series three times, for *[Band of Brothers](https://www.edgepedia.org/band-of-brothers-miniseries)* (2002), *[Taken](https://www.edgepedia.org/taken-miniseries)* (2003), and *The Pacific* (2010).[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html) The Television Academy's prime-time database lists him with 11 nominations and 4 wins, including the 1996 Outstanding Animated Program award for *A Pinky & The Brain Christmas* and nominations as executive producer of the television movies *All the Way* (2016) and *Oslo* (2021).[6](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/steven-spielberg) He also holds seven Daytime Emmys, mostly for his work on the cartoon children's show *Animaniacs* and various spin-offs.[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html)
The remaining two legs of the EGOT came late. He won a Tony in 2022 as a producer of the [Pulitzer Prize](https://www.edgepedia.org/pulitzer-prize)-winning Broadway musical *A Strange Loop*, and completed the set at the start of 2026 when *Music by John Williams*, a documentary about his longtime composer collaborator that he produced, won the Grammy for Best Music Film.[2](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html)
## Career and national honors
Several honors recognize his body of work rather than a single film. The [American Film Institute](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-film-institute) gave Spielberg its Life Achievement Award, calling him the youngest recipient of the award and the most commercially successful filmmaker in the history of the cinema.[11](https://www.afi.com/laa/steven-spielberg/)
From the United States government he received the [Presidential Medal of Freedom](https://www.edgepedia.org/presidential-medal-of-freedom) in 2015 from President Barack Obama, and in 2023 he was a National Medal of Arts recipient, honored for filmmaking that "entertains, educates, and inspires."[1](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg) The Motion Picture Association presented him its one-time MPA America250 Award at CinemaCon on April 15, 2026, marking America's 250th anniversary.[12](https://www.motionpictures.org/remarks/charles-rivkins-remarks-presenting-the-mpa-america250-award-to-steven-spielberg-at-cinemacon/) For *Saving Private Ryan*, awards came from outside the film industry as well, including the United States military's highest civilian honor, the Medal for Distinguished Public Service.[13](https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/steven-spielberg)
## References
1. [Steven Spielberg, National Endowment for the Arts](https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/steven-spielberg)
2. [Steven Spielberg is the latest EGOT winner: Who is in the elite awards club?, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/steven-spielberg-grammys-egot-winners-who-b2912743.html)
3. [Steven Spielberg Receives Record 13th Oscar Nomination for Best Picture, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](https://newsletter-stg.oscars.org/features/steven-spielberg-best-picture-record)
4. [BAFTA Film Awards: Previous Nominations and Wins (PDF)](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/film1516previousnominationsandwins.pdf)
5. [Steven Spielberg, Golden Globes](https://goldenglobes.com/person/steven-spielberg/)
6. [Steven Spielberg, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/steven-spielberg)
7. [The Daniels win the DGA's top prize, an Oscar bellwether, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/04e5162abc3c8f1ee9cfca65b6dd1f3a)
8. [Spielberg, 'Top Gun' feted by National Board of Review, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/41dffefdcdd2b918eb6a4c370c4ad6e5)
9. [At rehabbed Globes, 'The Fabelmans,' 'Banshees' triumph, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/38f7af2fc28d44729beed3c4a1527ca0)
10. [Awards Search: Steven Spielberg, BAFTA](https://www.bafta.org/awards/search/?search=Steven+Spielberg)
11. [Steven Spielberg, AFI Life Achievement Award, American Film Institute](https://www.afi.com/laa/steven-spielberg/)
12. [Charles Rivkin's Remarks Presenting the MPA America250 Award to Steven Spielberg at CinemaCon, Motion Picture Association](https://www.motionpictures.org/remarks/charles-rivkins-remarks-presenting-the-mpa-america250-award-to-steven-spielberg-at-cinemacon/)
13. [Steven Spielberg, National Endowment for the Humanities](https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/steven-spielberg)
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