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Steven Soderbergh
Director

Steven Soderbergh

14 Jan 1963Born
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Atlanta, Georgia, USABirthplace

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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAAscensoFilm: Director
  2. TBAMr. KneffFilm: Director
  3. 2026John Lennon: The Last InterviewFilm: Director
  4. 2026The ChristophersFilm: Director
  5. 2025The Hanging of Stuart CornfeldFilm
  6. 2025Black BagFilm: Director
  7. 2025PresenceFilm: The Presence (Uncredited), Director
  8. 2023Command ZSeries: Director, Creator (8 episodes)
  9. 2023Full CircleSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  10. 2023Magic Mike's Last DanceFilm: Director
  11. 2022KimiFilm: Director
  12. 2021No Sudden MoveFilm: Director
  13. 2020Let Them All TalkFilm: Director
  14. 2019The LaundromatFilm: Director
  15. 2019High Flying BirdFilm: Director
  16. 2019Your Life as a SpyFilm: (voice), Director, Writer
  17. 2018UnsaneFilm: Director
  18. 2018MosaicSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  19. 2017Logan LuckyFilm: Director
  20. 2014Unstarted Symphony No. 1Film: Shadow (Uncredited), Director
  21. 2014The KnickSeries: Director (20 episodes)
  22. 2013Behind the CandelabraFilm: Director
  23. 2013Side EffectsFilm: Director
  24. 2012An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the RoadFilm: Director
  25. 2012Magic MikeFilm: Director
  26. 2012Gina Carano in TrainingFilm
  27. 2011HaywireFilm: Director
  28. 2011ContagionFilm: John Neal (voice, uncredited), Director
  29. 2010And Everything Is Going FineFilm: Director
  30. 2009The Informant!Film: Director
  31. 2009The Girlfriend ExperienceFilm: Director
  32. 2008Che: Part TwoFilm: Director
  33. 2008Che: Part OneFilm: Director
  34. 2007Ocean's ThirteenFilm: Director
  35. 2006The Good GermanFilm: Director
  36. 2006Building No. 7Film: Writer, Director
  37. 2006BubbleFilm: Director
  38. 2004Ocean's TwelveFilm: Director
  39. 2004ErosFilm: Writer, Director
  40. 2004CriminalFilm: Screenplay
  41. 2003K StreetSeries: Director, Creator (10 episodes)
  42. 2002SolarisFilm: Director, Screenplay
  43. 2002Full FrontalFilm: Director
  44. 2001Ocean's ElevenFilm: Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited), Director
  45. 2001Waking LifeFilm: Interviewed on Television
  46. 2000TrafficFilm: Director
  47. 2000Erin BrockovichFilm: Director
  48. 1999The LimeyFilm: Director
  49. 1998Out of SightFilm: Director
  50. 1997SchizopolisFilm: Fletcher Munson, Screenplay, Director
  51. 1997NightwatchFilm: Screenplay
  52. 1996Gray's AnatomyFilm: Director
  53. 1995The UnderneathFilm: Director, Screenplay
  54. 1993King of the HillFilm: Director, Screenplay
  55. 1993Fallen AngelsSeries: Director (2 episodes)
  56. 1991KafkaFilm: Director
  57. 1989sex, lies, and videotapeFilm: Director, Writer
  58. 1987WinstonFilm: Writer, Director
  59. 1985Yes - 9012LiveFilm: Director
  60. 1985Access All AreasFilm: Director
  61. 1982Rapid Eye MovementFilm: Steven Soderbergh, Director

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