Spielberg achieves EGOT status
Hi there. I’m Jackson Weaver, a reporter with CBC’s entertainment news team.
Already a cinematic legend, filmmaker Steven Spielberg entered even more rarefied air on Sunday.
Off his first ever nomination, the director won his first Grammy during the pre-televised premiere ceremony segment. That makes him one of the world’s few artists to achieve EGOT status.
An EGOT is defined as having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, which only 21 people before Spielberg have accomplished.
Spielberg already has four Primetime Emmys, three Oscars and one Tony.
His win tonight came from producing Music by John Williams, a documentary about the composer that won best music film.
“This acknowledgment is obviously deeply meaningful to me because it validates what I have known for over 50 years: John Williams’s influence on culture and music is immeasurable and his artistry and legacy is unrivaled,” Spielberg said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
