Anne Spielberg

Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is an American screenwriter and film producer. She is best known as the co-producer and co-writer of the screenplay for the 1988 movie Big. She is the younger sister of film director Steven Spielberg.

Early life Born on December 25, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anne Spielberg is a daughter of the late Arnold Spielberg, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the late Leah (née Posner) Spielberg, and also the sister of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Nancy Spielberg and Sue Spielberg.

Career After working for her brother's production company, Amblin Entertainment, Spielberg and her neighbor Gary Ross co-wrote the movie Big in 1988, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award 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 Amblin Entertainment film Small Soldiers (1998).

In 2025, Pierce Press announced the acquisition of Spielberg’s picture book, The Iceberg and the Penguin, to be published in the spring of 2027 with artist Daniel Fiore chosen to provide illustrations. The forthcoming book was described by the publisher as “an engaging and hopeful story, (which) delivers a poignant message on climate change.”

In popular culture Her life, and the lives of her siblings, were depicted in Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans, 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.