Anne Spielberg
Anne Spielberg | |
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| Born | December 25, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1968–present |
| Spouse | Danny Opatoshu |
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| Relatives | Steven Spielberg (brother) Nancy Spielberg (sister) Kate Capshaw (sister-in-law) |
Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known as the co-producer and co-writer of the screenplay for the 1988 movie Big. She is the younger sister of film director Steven Spielberg.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
Born on December 25, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anne Spielberg is a daughter of the late Arnold Spielberg, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the late Leah (née Posner) Spielberg, and also the sister of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg and Sue Spielberg.[5]
Career
After working for her brother's production company, Amblin Entertainment, Spielberg and her neighbor Gary Ross co-wrote the movie Big in 1988, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. She was also a co-producer on the film, along with noted television and film producer James L. Brooks. Spielberg was an uncredited co-writer of the Amblin Entertainment film Small Soldiers (1998).[6]
In 2025, Pierce Press announced the acquisition of Spielberg’s picture book, The Iceberg and the Penguin, to be published in the spring of 2027[7] with artist Daniel Fiore chosen to provide illustrations. The forthcoming book was described by the publisher as “an engaging and hopeful story, (which) delivers a poignant message on climate change.”
In popular culture
Her life, and the lives of her siblings, were depicted in Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans, with her portrayed as the fictional Reggie Fabelman, the first younger sister of the main character Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle). She was played by Julia Butters.[8][9]
References
- ^ McBride, Joseph (2011). Steven Spielberg: A Biography. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 640.
- ^ "Walter Scott's Personality Parade." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Salt Lake Tribune, July 24, 1988, p. 126 (subscription required).
- ^ Gilchrist, Todd. "Julia Butters on ‘The Fabelmans,’ Stealing Scenes From DiCaprio and Meeting Anne Spielberg." Los Angeles, California: Variety, January 12, 2023.
- ^ Kuperinsky, Amy. "'The Fabelmans' shows how Steven Spielberg's passion for film ignited in N.J." Iselin, New Jersey: NewJersey.com, March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Arnold Spielberg, Computer Pioneer, Dies At 103." San Francisco, California: BusinessWire, August 26, 2020.
- ^ Schiff, Stephen. "Seriously Steven Spielberg." New York, New York: The New Yorker, March 13, 1994 (subscription required).
- ^ https://piercepress.com/authors
- ^ Spielberg, Nancy. "Nancy Spielberg: This is how it feels watching your life on screen - opinion." Israel: The Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2022.
- ^ Kuperinsky, "'The Fabelmans' shows how Steven Spielberg's passion for film ignited in N.J.," in NewJersey.com, March 11, 2023.