Spielberg

Bob Balaban as Self Melissa Mathison as Self Eric Bana as Self Martin Scorsese as Self Tom Hanks as Self Leonardo DiCaprio as Self Ralph Fiennes as Self Robert Zemeckis as Self Dennis Muren as Self Harrison Ford as Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Steven Bochco as Self Cate Blanchett as Self Laura Dern as Self Ben Kingsley as Self Laurie MacDonald as Self Adam Somner as Self Marcia Lucas as Self Drew Barrymore as Self James Brolin as Self Peter Coyote as Self Francis Ford Coppola as Self Holly Hunter as Self George Lucas as Self Tony Kushner as Self Doris Kearns Goodwin as Self Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) Dustin Hoffman as Self Sally Field as Self Christian Bale as Self - Segment "Empire of the Sun" Tom Cruise as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds" Sid Sheinberg as Self David Geffen as Self Vilmos Zsigmond as Self Joanna Johnston as Self Richard Dreyfuss as Self Jeffrey Katzenberg as Self David Koepp as Self Tom Stoppard as Self Bill Butler as Self Walter F. Parkes as Self Michael Kahn as Self Rick Carter as Self Steven Spielberg as Self J.J. Abrams as Self Daniel Day-Lewis as Self Kathleen Kennedy as Self Oprah Winfrey as Self Jeff Goldblum as Self Janusz Kamiński as Self Liam Neeson as Self - Segment "Schindler's List" Daniel Craig as Self Brian De Palma as Self John Williams as Self

Susan Lacy Director, Producer Sam Painter Director of Photography