Steven Spielberg has had a profession.
Academy Award for Best Director . It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry . Steven Allan Spielberg , , ( born December 18 , 1946 ) is an American director , producer , and screenwriter . He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios . In a career spanning more than four decades , Spielberg 's films have spanned many themes and genres .