Steven Spielberg is a director.
Bridge of Spies is a 2015 historical drama legal thriller film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg , written by Matt Charman , Ethan and Joel Coen and stars Tom Hanks , Mark Rylance , Amy Ryan and Alan Alda . Empire of the Sun (film) . It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars John Malkovich , Miranda Richardson , Nigel Havers , and Christian Bale . Lincoln is a 2012 American epic historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg , starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln . Munich (film) . The film was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth . Saving Private Ryan . Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat , the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war , and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes , which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings . Steven Spielberg . In later years , his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust , the transatlantic slave trade , civil rights , war , and terrorism in such films as The Color Purple ( 1985 ) , Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) , Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) , Amistad ( 1997 ) , Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , Munich ( 2005 ) , War Horse ( 2011 ) , Lincoln ( 2012 ) , and Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) . The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes , based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker . War Horse is a 2011 American war drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis , adapted from English author Michael Morpurgo 's 1982 novel of the same name .