Claim: Steven Spielberg worked on the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence , also known as A.I. , is a 2001 American science fiction drama film directed by Steven Spielberg . The screenplay by Spielberg was based on a screen story by Ian Watson and the 1969 short story `` Super-Toys Last All Summer Long '' by Brian Aldiss . The film was produced by Kathleen Kennedy , Spielberg and Bonnie Curtis . It stars Haley Joel Osment , Jude Law , Frances O'Connor , Brendan Gleeson and William Hurt . Set in a futuristic post-climate change society , A.I. tells the story of David -LRB- Osment -RRB- , a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love .   Development of A.I. originally began with producer-director Stanley Kubrick , after he acquired the rights to Aldiss ' story in the early 1970s . Kubrick hired a series of writers until the mid-1990s , including Brian Aldiss , Bob Shaw , Ian Watson , and Sara Maitland . The film languished in protracted development for years , partly because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character , whom he believed no child actor would convincingly portray . In 1995 , Kubrick handed A.I. to Spielberg , but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick 's death in 1999 . Spielberg remained close to Watson 's film treatment for the screenplay .   The film divided critics , with the overall balance being positive , and grossed approximately $ 235 million . The film was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 74th Academy Awards , for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score -LRB- by John Williams -RRB- . A.I. is dedicated to Stanley Kubrick .