Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and producer. Best known as the co-producer and co-writer of the screenplay for the 1988 movie ''

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'', she is the younger sister of

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Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...

Early life

Born on December 25, 1949, in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

, Anne Spielberg is a daughter of the late Arnold Spielberg, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the late Leah (Posner) Spielberg, and also the sister of filmmaker

, Nancy Spielberg and Sue Spielberg.

Career

After working for her brother's production company,

Amblin Entertainment Amblin' Entertainment, Inc., formerly named Amblin Productions, is an American film production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg, and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1980. Its headquarters are lo ...

, Spielberg and her neighbor Gary Ross co-wrote the movie ''

'' in 1988, for which she was nominated for an

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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 film '' Small Soldiers'' (1998); it was inspired by the combination of '' Child's Play'' (1988) and ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the Firsts in animation, firs ...

'' (1995).

In popular culture

Her life, and the lives of her siblings, were depicted in Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film, ''

The Fabelmans ''The Fabelmans'' is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tony Kushner. Loosely based on Spielberg's early life and beginnings as a filmmaker, the semi-autobiog ...

'', 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.Kuperinsky, "'The Fabelmans' shows how Steven Spielberg's passion for film ignited in N.J.," in NewJersey.com, March 11, 2023.

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Anne Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), Annie a ...

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