{{Short description|American film producer (born 1956)}} {{Infobox person | name = Nancy Spielberg | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | image_size = | alma_mater = Arizona State University<br/>UCLA<br/>Sarah Lawrence College<br/>The New School | occupation = Film producer | birth_name = Nancy Spielberg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|06|7}} | birth_place = Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Shimon Katz|1991|}} | children = 2 | father = Arnold Spielberg | mother = | relatives = Steven Spielberg (brother)<br>Anne Spielberg (sister)<br>Kate Capshaw (sister-in-law) | years_active = 1977–present }}
'''Nancy Spielberg''' (born June 7, 1956) is an American film producer. She has produced multiple documentaries on Jewish and Israeli history and is the third and youngest sister of director and producer Steven Spielberg.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tugend |first=Tom |date=2012-06-13 |title=A close encounter with Steven Spielberg's dad |url=https://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/105131/a-close-encounter-with-steven-spielbergs-dad/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == She was born on June 7, 1956, the youngest of four children. Seven months after being born her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona in February 1957 where her father, Arnold Spielberg, had found work as a computer scientist at General Electric. Her family was not particularly religious, attending synagogue only a couple of times each year, but often had Shabbat meals.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Schleier |first=Curt |date=2015-01-28 |title=Why Nancy Spielberg Made a Movie About the Israeli Air Force |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/212652/why-nancy-spielberg-made-a-movie-about-the-israeli/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> Spielberg and her family were the target of occasional antisemitic remarks by neighbors and classmates at Phoenix public schools.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-01-28 |title=Producer Nancy Spielberg reflects on finding, forming Jewish identity |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/154409/producer-nancy-spielberg-reflects-on-finding-forming-jewish-identity/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
The family relocated to California, where Nancy's parents divorced in 1966.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Goldenberg |first=Anna |date=2015-04-23 |title=Close Encounters of the Steven Spielberg Kind in Arizona |url=https://forward.com/culture/305981/close-encounters-of-the-arizona-kind/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> Following the split, Spielberg returned to Arizona with her mother.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Who is Nancy Spielberg? 'The Fabelmans' director Steven's sister details 'difficult' moments with family |url=https://meaww.com/who-is-nancy-spielberg-the-fabelmans-director-stevens-sister-details-painful-story-of-their-family |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=MEAWW |language=en}}</ref> She began attending an Orthodox Jewish school in the fifth grade, along with her elder sister Anne.<ref name=":3" /> The household also began keeping kosher.<ref name=":3" />
Spielberg attended Arizona State University and UCLA and later studied writing at Sarah Lawrence College and The New School in New York.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>(15 June 1983). [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/15/style/sy-katz-is-married-to-nancy-a-spielberg.html S.Y. Katz Is Married To Nancy A. Spielberg] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on 1 December 2025</ref>
== Career == Spielberg produced the 2014 documentary ''Above and Beyond'', about the founding of the Israeli Air Force.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />
In 2016, Spielberg was a co-executive producer for the documentary ''On the Map'', directed by Dani Menkin, about the Israeli national basketball team, winners of 1977 European Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=2016-11-29 |title='On the Map': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/map-951090/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> She worked again with Menkin while producing the 2019 documentary ''Picture of His Life'', about Israeli nature photographer Amos Nachoum,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=2020-06-17 |title='Picture of His Life': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/picture-his-life-1298974/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> and the 2020 documentary ''Aulcie'', about the titular basketball player Aulcie Perry.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-12 |title=The story of Black American basketball player and Jewish convert Aulcie |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/the-story-of-black-american-basketball-player-and-jewish-convert-aulcie-perry-684801 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021, Spielberg became a part of Jewish Story Partners, an initiative launched by her brother and his wife.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tugend |first=Tom |date=2021-04-16 |title=Spielberg Launches Drive to Film Jewish Stories |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/335633/spielberg-launches-drive-to-film-jewish-stories/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022, Spielberg served as a consultant for her brother's ''The Fabelmans'', the film of a Tony Kushner script based on Steven's childhood.<ref name=":6" />
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Film !Role !Notes !Ref |- |2003 |''Chernobyl Heart'' |Consultant | |<ref name=":2" /> |- |2011 |''Elusive Justice: The Search for Nazi War Criminals'' |Executive producer | |<ref name=":2" /> |- |2014 |''Above and Beyond'' |Producer | |<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |title=U.S. Pilots Who Fought for Israel Star in Movie by Spielberg's Sister |url=https://www.haaretz.com/life/television/2014-07-02/ty-article/.premium/pilots-star-in-new-movie-by-spielbergs-sister/0000017f-dbb7-df9c-a17f-ffbf03780001 |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref> |- |2016 |''On the Map'' |Co-executive producer | |<ref name=":4" /> |- |2017 |''Who Will Write Our History'' |Producer | |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leichman |first=Abigail Klein |date=2022-01-26 |title='Who Will Write Our History' |url=https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/who-will-write-our-history-2/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=Jewish Standard}}</ref> |- |2019 |''Picture of His Life'' |Executive producer | |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2020 |''Aulcie'' |Executive producer | |<ref name=":7" /> |- |2022 |''The Fabelmans'' |Consultant | |<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Spielberg |first=Nancy |date=2022-11-19 |title=Nancy Spielberg: This is how it feels watching your life on screen |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-722694 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2023 |''Closed Circuit'' |Producer | |<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Bradley |date=2023-05-08 |title=Nancy Spielberg: 'We have to get people back into the theater' |url=https://www.jns.org/nancy-spielberg-we-have-to-get-people-back-into-the-theater/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=Jewish News Services}}</ref> |- |''Vishniac'' |Executive producer | |<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-13 |title='Vishniac': The great story of a great photographer told in documentary |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-742789 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2025 |''A Letter to David'' |Producer | |<ref name=ber>[https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202505181.html Michtav Le'David] Berlin Film Festival. Retrieved on 1 December 2025</ref><ref name=mint>Mintzer, Jordan (14 February 2025). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-letter-to-david-review-1236135451/ ‘A Letter to David’ Review: An Israeli Filmmaker Considers the Fate of an Actor Turned Hostage in a Harrowing Film Essay] ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Retrieved on 1 December 2025</ref> |- |}
== Personal life == In 1983, Spielberg married Shimon Katz.<ref name=":3" /> The couple had two daughters: Jessica Katz, who performed on ''The Voice Israel'' in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caspi |first=David |date=2014-06-03 |title=Steven Spielberg's Niece Competes on 'The Voice' Israel (Exclusive Video) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/video-steven-spielbergs-niece-competes-709190/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> and Melissa Katz.<ref name=":3" />
As of 2015, Spielberg and her husband lived in Riverdale, New York. Spielberg considers herself a Modern Orthodox Jew.<ref name=":3" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0818585}}
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