Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system. Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough, the indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film garnered worldwide commercial success, as well as numerous accolades. His next five films, which included King of the Hill (1993), were commercially unsuccessful. He pivoted into more mainstream fare with the crime comedy Out of Sight (1998), the biopic Erin Brockovich (2000) and the crime drama Traffic (2000). For Traffic, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He found further popular and critical success with the Ocean's trilogy and film franchise (2001–18); Che (2008); The Informant! (2009); Contagion (2011); Haywire (2011); Magic Mike (2012); Side Effects (2013); Logan Lucky (2017); Unsane (2018); Let Them All Talk (2020); No Sudden Move (2021); and Kimi (2022). His film career spans a multitude of genres, but his specialties are psychological, crime and heist films. His films have grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide and garnered fourteen Academy Award nominations, winning five. Soderbergh's films often revolve around familiar concepts which are regularly used for big-budget Hollywood movies, but he routinely employs an avant-garde arthouse approach. They center on themes of shifting personal identities, vengeance, sexuality, morality, and the human condition. His feature films are often distinctive in the realm of cinematography as a result of his having been influenced by avant-garde cinema, coupled with his use of unconventional film and camera formats. Many of Soderbergh's films are anchored by multi-dimensional storylines with plot twists, nonlinear storytelling, experimental sequencing, suspenseful soundscapes, and third-person vantage points. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Soderbergh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
January 14, 1963Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
126Place of birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USAAlso known as
Peter Andrews, Mary Ann Bernard, Sam Lowry, Стивен Содерберг, 史蒂文·索德伯格, スティーブン・ソダーバーグ, 스티븐 소더버그, ستيفن سودربرغ, Стівен Содерберґ, Steven SöderberghCast credits
Schizopolis
Fletcher MunsonSide by Side
SelfMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
HimselfOcean's Eleven
Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited)X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
HimselfIndependent's Day
SelfThe Legend of the Palme d'Or
SelfAnd the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)Contagion
John Neal (voice, uncredited)Waking Life
Interviewed on TelevisionI Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
SelfAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
SelfFive Directors On The Battle of Algiers
SelfCHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
Himself/Peter AndrewsMaking Che
SelfFull Frontal
Self (uncredited)Crew credits
The Good German
Director of Photography, Director, EditorOcean's Twelve
Director, Director of PhotographyOcean's Eleven
Director, Director of PhotographyOcean's Thirteen
Director of Photography, DirectorErin Brockovich
Directorsex, lies, and videotape
Editor, Director, Sound Editor, WriterOut of Sight
DirectorTraffic
Director, Director of PhotographySolaris
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, ScreenplayNightwatch
ScreenplayKafka
Director, EditorPleasantville
Producer, Second Unit DirectorThe Limey
DirectorGood Night, and Good Luck.
Executive ProducerA Scanner Darkly
Executive ProducerFar from Heaven
Executive ProducerMichael Clayton
Executive ProducerConfessions of a Dangerous Mind
Executive ProducerThe Informant!
Director, Director of PhotographyChe: Part Two
Director, Director of PhotographyChe: Part One
Director of Photography, Director