Steven Soderbergh

Directing·Jan 14, 1963·Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026 · Self	Self
John Lennon: The Last Interview2026 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Christophers2026 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld2025 · Actor	Actor
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · Self	Self
Black Bag2025 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Presence2025 · The Presence (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography	The Presence (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Accidentally Brave2023 · Producer	Producer
Magic Mike's Last Dance2023 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Is That Black Enough for You?!?2022 · Producer	Producer
Kimi2022 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
No Sudden Move2021 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Let Them All Talk2020 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · Self	Self
The Laundromat2019 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Report2019 · Producer	Producer
High Flying Bird2019 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Your Life as a Spy2019 · (voice), Director, Writer, Producer	(voice), Director, Writer, Producer
Ocean's Eight2018 · Producer	Producer
Unsane2018 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Logan Lucky2017 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time2016 · Self	Self
Magic Mike XXL2015 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Legend of the Palme d'Or2015 · Self	Self
Unstarted Symphony No. 12014 · Shadow (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography	Shadow (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love2013 · Self	Self
Behind the Candelabra2013 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Side Effects2013 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Radioman2012 · Self	Self
SStanley Kubrick in Focus2012 · Self	Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road2012 · Director	Director
Side by Side2012 · Self	Self
Magic Mike2012 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
GGina Carano in Training2012 · Actor	Actor
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac2012 · Self	Self
Haywire2011 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Contagion2011 · John Neal (voice, uncredited), Director, Director of Photography	John Neal (voice, uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
And Everything Is Going Fine2010 · Director	Director
Making Che2010 · Self	Self
The Informant!2009 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Solitary Man2009 · Producer	Producer
PPorn: Business of Pleasure2009 · Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience	Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience2009 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution2009 · Himself/Peter Andrews	Himself/Peter Andrews
Che: Part Two2008 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Che: Part One2008 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Ocean's Thirteen2007 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Good German2006 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director