Directing
Steven Soderbergh
EN, ES, FR cinema · 136 credits
Born
14 January 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also known as Peter Andrews · Mary Ann Bernard · Sam Lowry · Steven Söderbergh · Steven Andrew 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
Filmography
Mad Dad
Mad Dad
as Self
The Return of Stanley Atwell
The Return of Stanley Atwell
Original Story, Executive Producer
Ascenso
Ascenso
Director
The Christophers
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
Presence
as The Presence (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Camera Operator
Black Bag
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Love, Brooklyn
Executive Producer
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Executive Producer
Calladita
Executive Producer
Heretic
Thanks
Megalopolis
Thanks
Memories of Love Returned
Executive Producer
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
Divinity
Executive Producer
Once Within a Time
Executive Producer
Kimi
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
The Exiles
Executive Producer
No Sudden Move
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
The Vandal
Thanks
Let Them All Talk
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Executive Producer
Your Life as a Spy
as (voice), Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor, Producer
Beats
Executive Producer
High Flying Bird
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Perfect
Executive Producer
The Laundromat
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
The Report
Producer
The King
Executive Producer
Ocean's Eight
Producer
Unsane
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Logan Lucky
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Magic Mike XXL
Editor, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Associate Producer
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
as Shadow (Uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Citizenfour
Executive Producer
Side Effects
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Behind the Candelabra
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Visitors
Presenter
Side by Side
as Self
Radioman
as Self
Magic Mike
Editor, Director, Director of Photography
The Hunger Games
Second Unit Director
Julian
Thanks
Contagion
as John Neal (voice, uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Haywire
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
His Way
Executive Producer
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Executive Producer
Making Che
as Self
Porn: Business of Pleasure
as Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
as Himself/Peter Andrews
The Informant!
Director of Photography, Director
Solitary Man
Producer
The Girlfriend Experience
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Playground
Executive Producer
Che: Part One
Director, Director of Photography
Che: Part Two
Director, Director of Photography
Ocean's Thirteen
Director, Director of Photography
Michael Clayton
Executive Producer
Wind Chill
Executive Producer
I'm Not There
Executive Producer
The Good German
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
A Scanner Darkly
Executive Producer
Bubble
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Pu-239
Executive Producer
Building No. 7
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Executive Producer
The Jacket
Producer
Rumor Has It...
Executive Producer
The Big Empty
2005
The Big Empty
Executive Producer
Syriana
Executive Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Executive Producer
Ocean's Twelve
Director of Photography, Director
Criminal
Screenplay, Producer
Eros
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Able Edwards
Executive Producer
Keane
Executive Producer
Full Frontal
as Self (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Executive Producer
Solaris
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Executive Producer
Far from Heaven
Executive Producer
Insomnia
Executive Producer
Ocean's Eleven
as Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Waking Life
as Interviewed on Television
Tribute
Executive Producer
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
Executive Producer
Erin Brockovich
Director
Traffic
Director, Director of Photography
The Limey
Director
Out of Sight
Director
Pleasantville
Producer, Second Unit Director
Schizopolis
as Fletcher Munson, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
Nightwatch
Screenplay
The Daytrippers
Producer
Gray's Anatomy
Director
The Underneath
Director, Screenplay
Made in the USA
as Self
King of the Hill
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Suture
Executive Producer
Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell
as Self - Director, 'Sex, Lies & Videotape'
Kafka
Editor, Director
sex, lies, and videotape
Editor, Director, Sound Editor, Writer
Winston
Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematography
Yes - 9012Live
Director, Editor
Access All Areas
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Rapid Eye Movement
1982
Rapid Eye Movement
as Steven Soderbergh, Director