Filmmaker, director, producer, Steven Spielberg will be celebrating his 65th birthday today.

Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1947, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Steven Spielberg has directed many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, including the blockbusters 'Jaws' (1975), 'E.T.' (1982), and many more.

The shark thriller 'Jaws' (1975) made Spielberg an overnight sensation and over the next 20 years he grew into the most successful movie directors alive. His directing credits include hits like 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977), 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981, co-produced by George Lucas) , the cuddly-alien flick 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the dinosaurs-on-the-loose classic Jurassic Park '(1993), and 'War of the Worlds' (2005). 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Jurassic Park' .

Spielberg's huge box office successes have allowed him to make more serious films as well, including T'he Color Purple' (1985), 'Schindler's List '(1993) and 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) and 'Munich' (2005).

Spielberg won the Oscar awards for the best director and best picture for 'Schindler's List', given in 1994. He also won a best director Oscar for 'Saving Private Ryan 'and was given the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1987 for his contributions to the industry.