Steven Soderbergh
- Directing
- January 14, 1963 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
- The Batman: Part II · Other, Co-Director
- Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean · Self
- John Lennon: The Last Interview · Director, Executive producer
- The Christophers · Director, Cinematography
- BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions · Executive producer
- The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
- Love, Brooklyn · Executive producer
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story · Self
- Black Bag · Director, Cinematography
- Presence · The Presence (Uncredited), Director
- Heretic · Thanks
- Memories of Love Returned · Executive producer
- Megalopolis · Thanks
- Calladita · Executive producer
- Divinity · Executive producer
- Once Within a Time · Executive producer
- Command Z · Director, Cinematography
- Full Circle · Executive producer, Director
- Accidentally Brave · Producer
- Magic Mike's Last Dance · Cinematography, Editing
- Is That Black Enough for You?!? · Producer
- Finding Magic Mike · Executive producer
- Kimi · Editing, Cinematography
- The Exiles · Executive producer
- The Vandal · Thanks
- No Sudden Move · Editing, Cinematography
- Let Them All Talk · Director, Editing
- Wireless · Executive producer
- Bill & Ted Face the Music · Executive producer
- Leavenworth · Executive producer
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth · Self
- The Laundromat · Director, Editing
- The Report · Producer
- Beats · Executive producer
- Perfect · Executive producer
- Now Apocalypse · Executive producer
- High Flying Bird · Director, Editing
- Your Life as a Spy · Voice, Director
- The King · Executive producer
- Ocean's Eight · Producer
- Unsane · Director, Editing
- Mosaic · Executive producer, Cinematography
- Godless · Executive producer
- Logan Lucky · Director, Editing
- X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time · Self
- The Girlfriend Experience · Executive producer
- Magic Mike XXL · Cinematography, Editing
- The Legend of the Palme d'Or · Self
- Da Sweet Blood of Jesus · Associate Producer
- Unstarted Symphony No. 1 · Shadow (Uncredited), Director
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater · Thanks
- Citizenfour · Executive producer
- Red Oaks · Executive producer
- The One I Love · Thanks
- The Knick · Director, Executive producer
- Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love · Self
- Visitors · Presenter
- Behind the Candelabra · Director, Cinematography
- Side Effects · Editing, Director
- Radioman · Self
- Stanley Kubrick in Focus · Self
- An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road · Director
- Side by Side · Self
- Magic Mike · Director, Editing
- Gina Carano in Training
- The Hunger Games · Second Unit Director
- I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac · Self
- Julian · Thanks
- Haywire · Cinematography, Director
- We Need to Talk About Kevin · Executive producer
- Contagion · John Neal (voice, uncredited), Director
- His Way · Executive producer
- And Everything Is Going Fine · Director
- Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) · Executive producer
- Making Che · Self
- Where the Wild Things Are · Thanks
- The Informant! · Cinematography, Director
- Solitary Man · Producer
- Playground · Executive producer
- Porn: Business of Pleasure · Self