Steven 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.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 10.151 |
Birthday | 1963-01-14 |
Place of Birth | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
Also Known As | Peter Andrews, Mary Ann Bernard, Sam Lowry, Стивен Содерберг, 史蒂文·索德伯格, スティーブン・ソダーバーグ, 스티븐 소더버그, ستيفن سودربرغ, Стівен Содерберґ, Steven Söderbergh, |
1993
Made in the USA
2/1
A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
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Made in the USA
1997
Schizopolis
6.1/95
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
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Schizopolis
2012
Side by Side
7.254/291
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Side by Side
2019
Your Life as a Spy
6/1
You are a spy and you are lonely.
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Your Life as a Spy
2010
Making Che
0/0
Behind the scenes of Steven Soderbergh’s Che
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Making Che
2000
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
6.5/2
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Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
2002
'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con
7.5/4
The costume design of the A-list cast's characters and how it shaped the heist film.
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'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con
2012
Radioman
5.7/5
The extraordinary story of 'Radioman', a New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film i...
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Radioman
2013
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
9/4
When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talent the likes of which we may never see again. Seemi...
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Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2002
Full Frontal
4.6/99
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
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Full Frontal
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
0/0
A documentary about the production of Godfrey Reggio's "Once Within a Time".
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The Making of "Once Within a Time"
2001
Ocean's Eleven
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Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of spec...
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Ocean's Eleven
2012
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
6/5
Spielberg, Soderbergh, Stone, Friedkin, Scorsese and others tell how Kubrick's directorial style influenced them and how his unique style was develope...
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
2016
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
6.743/101
Documentary sequel that offers a close-up look into the personal lives of the legendary porn stars who've survived the test of time and influenced pop...
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X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
1998
Independent's Day
5/4
Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival discuss what it is like to be an independent filmmaker, and what Sundance has done for them.
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Independent's Day
2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
6/6
From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments...
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The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.971/52
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2011
Contagion
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As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t...
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Contagion
2001
Waking Life
7.5/872
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participa...
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Waking Life
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
6.5/4
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was...
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2009
Porn: Business of Pleasure
4.6/5
CNBC takes a behind the scenes look at the Porn Industry and examines challenges facing the industry including censorship and the competition from fre...
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Porn: Business of Pleasure
2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
8/10
I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in H...
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
2012
Gina Carano in Training
8/1
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Gina Carano in Training
2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
10/1
This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at t...
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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2009
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
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CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks at...
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CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
2002
Naqoyqatsi
6.145/138
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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