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Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh

Director · Born January 14, 1963 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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.

Directed 56

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Laundromat

    Director

    57

  2. High Flying Bird

    Director

    71

  3. Your Life as a Spy

    Director

  4. 2018

    Unsane

    Director

    67

  5. Mosaic

    Director

    64
  6. 2017

    Logan Lucky

    Director

    76
  7. 2014

    Unstarted Symphony No. 1

    Director

  8. The Knick

    Director

    82
  9. 2013

    Behind the Candelabra

    Director

    75

  10. Side Effects

    Director

    73
  11. 2012

    An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

    Director

  12. Magic Mike

    Director

    67

  13. The Hunger Games

    Second Unit Director

    74
  14. 2011

    Haywire

    Director

    64

  15. Contagion

    Director

    72
  16. 2010

    And Everything Is Going Fine

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Limey

    Director

    74
  2. 1998

    Pleasantville

    Second Unit Director

    76

  3. Out of Sight

    Director

    77
  4. 1997

    Schizopolis

    Director

  5. 1996

    Gray's Anatomy

    Director

  6. 1995

    The Underneath

    Director

  7. 1993

    King of the Hill

    Director

  8. Fallen Angels

    Director

    65
  9. 1991

    Kafka

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    sex, lies, and videotape

    Director

    80
  2. 1987

    Winston

    Director

  3. 1985

    Yes - 9012Live

    Director

  4. Access All Areas

    Director

Produced 60

2020s

  1. 2026

    John Lennon: The Last Interview

    Executive Producer

  2. 2025

    BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

    Executive Producer

  3. Love, Brooklyn

    Executive Producer

  4. 2024

    Memories of Love Returned

    Executive Producer

  5. Calladita

    Executive Producer

  6. 2023

    Divinity

    Executive Producer

    55

  7. Once Within a Time

    Executive Producer

  8. Full Circle

    Executive Producer

    63

  9. Accidentally Brave

    Producer

  10. 2022

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Producer

    79

  11. Finding Magic Mike

    Executive Producer

  12. The Exiles

    Executive Producer

  13. 2020

    Wireless

    Executive Producer

  14. Bill & Ted Face the Music

    Executive Producer

    65

1980s

  1. 1987

    Winston

    Producer

Camera 40

1990s

  1. 1997

    Schizopolis

    Director of Photography

1980s

  1. 1985

    Access All Areas

    Director of Photography

Edited 33

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Girlfriend Experience

    Editor

    59
  2. 2006

    The Good German

    Editor

    52

  3. Building No. 7

    Editor

  4. Bubble

    Editor

  5. 2004

    Eros

    Editor

    52
  6. 2003

    K Street

    Editor

  7. 2002

    Solaris

    Editor

    64

1990s

  1. 1993

    King of the Hill

    Editor

  2. 1991

    Kafka

    Editor

1980s

  1. 1989

    sex, lies, and videotape

    Editor

    80
  2. 1985

    Yes - 9012Live

    Editor

  3. Access All Areas

    Editor

Wrote 11

2010s

  1. 2019

    Your Life as a Spy

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2006

    Building No. 7

    Writer

  2. 2004

    Eros

    Writer

    52

  3. Criminal

    Screenplay

    64
  4. 2002

    Solaris

    Screenplay

    64

1990s

  1. 1997

    Schizopolis

    Screenplay

  2. Nightwatch

    Screenplay

    50
  3. 1995

    The Underneath

    Screenplay

  4. 1993

    King of the Hill

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1989

    sex, lies, and videotape

    Writer

    80
  2. 1987

    Winston

    Writer

Acted in 8

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

    Movie

  2. Presence

    The Presence (Uncredited)

    70

2010s

  1. 2019

    Your Life as a Spy

    (voice)

  2. 2014

    Unstarted Symphony No. 1

    Shadow (Uncredited)

  3. 2011

    Contagion

    John Neal (voice, uncredited)

    72

1990s

  1. 1997

    Schizopolis

    Fletcher Munson

Other crew 3

2010s

  1. 2019

    Your Life as a Spy

    Cinematography

  2. 2013

    Visitors

    Presenter

1980s

  1. 1987

    Winston

    Cinematography

Sound 2

1990s

  1. 1997

    Schizopolis

    Original Music Composer

Created 2

2020s

  1. 2023

    Command Z

    Creator

2000s

  1. 2003

    K Street

    Creator

Appearances21

2020s

  1. 2026

    Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

    Self

  2. 2025

    Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

    Self

    82

2010s

  1. 2019

    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Self

  2. 2016

    X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time

    Self

    65
  3. 2015

    The Legend of the Palme d'Or

    Self

  4. 2013

    Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

    Self

  5. 2012

    Radioman

    Self

  6. Side by Side

    Self

    80

  7. I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

    Self

    82
  8. 2010

    Making Che

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Porn: Business of Pleasure

    Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience

  2. CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    Himself/Peter Andrews

  3. 2004

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Self

  4. 2002

    Naqoyqatsi

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    59

  5. Full Frontal

    Self (uncredited)

    45
  6. 2000

    Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    Independent's Day

    Self

  2. 1997

    Taff

    self · 1 episode

  3. 1993

    Made in the USA

    Self

  4. 1991

    Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell

    Self - Director, 'Sex, Lies & Videotape'

Thanked in the credits9

2020s

  1. 2024

    Heretic

    Thanks

    74

  2. Megalopolis

    Thanks

    49
  3. 2021

    The Vandal

    Thanks