A wannan lokacin, saurayi ya yanke shawara ya danganta rayuwarsa da sinima kuma ya shiga cikin fim na Jami'ar California. A hanyar, Stephen's biography ya ce a makaranta bai kasance a kowane ɗalibai mafi kyau ba kuma ba kwarai kwarai. Amma haɓaka ga hangen nesa da ya dace ya taimaka masa kuma mutumin ya fara koyon sana'ar da ya fi so. Rayuwarsa a matsayin darektan fara a 1964. A lokacin ne Stephen ya zana fim din farko, wanda ake kira "Hasken Wuta". Tana da tebur mai ban sha'awa, an harbe shi a kan fim din miliyon goma sha shida, wanda ya kasance fiye da sa'o'i biyu da rabi. Ga wannan hoton, Spielberg ya sami riba na farko a matsayin darekta - xari daloli.
Lokacin da Steven yana da shekaru goma sha tara, iyayensa sun sake aure. Mutumin ya zauna tare da mahaifiyarsa. Wannan shinge ya shafi mutumin, saboda, wannan shine dalilin da ya sa, a cikin fina-finai da dama, akwai layin da ke nuna game da karya da kuma dawo da iyali.
Hotuna na biyu na "Pacing" Spielberg, wanda ya kasance wani ɗan gajeren fim, an lura da shi a ɗakin studio na Univarsal kuma bayan da aka ba Spielberg aikin a telebijin. Sai dai harbe harbe-raye na soap don Spielberg ya kasance daidai da jahannama.
Samun nasarar Spielberg ya zo ne ba zato ba tsammani. Shi kansa bai yi tunanin cewa fim din "Duel" zai zama abin zamantakewa ga masu sauraro kuma za a yi magana game da matsayin darektan. An ba da wannan kyautar finafinan kyauta a lokacin bikin a Avoriaz, inda fina-finai masu ban mamaki suka hadu da juna. "Sugarland Express" ya kasance wani ci gaba a cikin aikin kai tsaye na matasa Spielberg. A cikin babban tasirin wannan hoton ya nuna Goldie Hope, kuma an nuna fim a lokacin bikin Cannes. Spielberg ya kasance ko da idan aka kwatanta da darektan maras tabbas daga Faransa François Truffaut.
Bayan haka, sai aka fara fitowa a kan fuska, wanda aka tara a ofisoshin ofishin jakadancin dala miliyan biyu da sittin. Wannan fim ne "Jaws". Ya kasance bayansa cewa ya zama sananne ga kowa cewa Spielberg wanda yake daya daga cikin manyan shugabanni na Hollywood. Kowace fina-finai ya zama alama a cikin shekara, kuma masu sauraro suna jiran zuwan gaba a kan allon. A lokacin ne kuma fina-finai "Alien", "Abokiyar lambobi na digiri na uku", wata alama ce game da Indiana Jones ta bayyana.
Bayan ɗan lokaci ya wuce, kuma Spielberg ya yanke shawarar cewa yana buƙatar fadada filinsa. Saboda haka, darektan ya yanke shawarar gwada kansa a matsayin mai samarwa. Na gode wa jagorancin jagorancinsa da iyawar ganin taurari masu kwarewa, irin waɗannan masu fasaha kamar yadda Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Joe Dante, Bob Gale, Barry Levinson, Kevin Reynolds, Don Blatt da sauran sun bude duniya. Spielberg ne mai kirkiro irin waɗannan abubuwa, wanda ke da mahimmanci a yau, irin su jigidar "Back to Future", "Sutsiyar Amurka", "Wanda Ya Yi Roger Rabbit".
A shekara ta 1984, Spielberg ya shirya hotunansa, kuma ya kira shi don girmama gajeren fim, godiya ga wanda ya sami aiki a talabijin. A farkon shekarun da suka gabata, Steven ya yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi don hotunan hotuna ba kawai don fuska ba, amma ga talabijin. Saboda haka, ya samar da telebijin telebijin da fina-finai. Spielberg shine mai gabatar da jerin shirye-shiryen da aka sani da su, kamar "The Adventure of Toonts", "SiKvest", "Taimako na farko".
Idan muka yi magana game da rayuwar sirrin Spielberg, to, a shekarar 1989 ya karya da matar, wanda ya yi aure a karo na farko-Emi Irving. Gaskiyar ita ce, wannan mace ta gamsu da kuɗin da wani darektan mai basira ya fi nasa. Amma, amma Spielberg ya yi farin ciki tare da matarsa na biyu, mai suna Keith Capshaw. Tare da shi, ya sadu yayin yin fim din "Indiana Jones da Gidan Dama," kuma lokacin da auren da matarsa ta farko ta farfasa, sai ya gane cewa ita ce matar da take bukata. Steven Spielberg yana da 'ya'ya bakwai. A hanyar, ɗan farinsa, Max Spielberg ya riga ya fara gwada kansa a filin wasa, amma, ya zuwa yanzu, kawai danginsa mafi kusa da abokai sun ga fina-finai.
A 1993, aka bai wa Steven Spielberg Oscar a karo na farko a rayuwarsa. Fim din da aka zaba don kyautar ita ce Jerin Schindler. Bugu da ƙari, "Oscar" don jagorantar aikin, fim din ya karbi mafi kyawun lambar yabo a cikin waɗannan fannoni kamar gyare-gyaren fina-finai, sauti da aikin mai daukar hoto. . Wannan fim ya bayyana game da mummunar mutuwar Yahudawa a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Ya bayyana cewa mafi yawan jama'ar Amirka ba su san game da Holocaust ba, kuma mãkircin fim din kawai ya girgiza su.
A shekara ta 1998, Spielberg ya ɗauki wani hoton hoton, wanda ya bude wa masu sauraron jin dadi da halayen rayuwar sojoji. Wannan fim shine hoton "Saving Private Ryan".
A shekara ta 1994, an gina Mafarki na Gidan Abincin, wanda Spielberg ya kafa, tsohon daraktan Disney Jeffrey Katzenberg da kuma mawaƙa na music David Geffen. Daga cikin fina-finai na fim din wannan masallaci ya kasance da yawa daga cikin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma zane-zane masu ban sha'awa. A farkon karni na ashirin da daya, Spielberg yana harbi hotunan zane-zane masu girma uku kuma masu sauraro sun fara tunanin ko kocin ya rasa kwarewarsa. Amma, a yau ana iya lura da cewa fina-finai na Spielberg suna samun shahararren kuma an sake kallon shi mafi kyawun darektan Hollywood.