Steven Soderbergh
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-01-14 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Steven Soderbergh
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.
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Acting
Inside 'Out of Sight'
as Himself
(2019)
Your Life as a Spy
as (voice)
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2016)
(2015)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2012)
Side by Side
as Self
(2012)
Radioman
as Self
(2012)
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Contagion
as John Neal (voice, uncredited)
(2010)
Making Che
as Self
(2009)
Porn: Business of Pleasure
as Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience
(2009)
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
as Himself/Peter Andrews
(2004)
(2002)
(2002)
Full Frontal
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2001)
Ocean's Eleven
as Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited)
(2001)
Waking Life
as Interviewed on Television
(2000)
(1998)
Independent's Day
as Self
(1997)
Schizopolis
as Fletcher Munson
(1993)
Made in the USA
as Self
Crew
NEOOONOWWW
Producer
Ultraluminous
Producer
The Christophers
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Return of Stanley Atwell
Original Story, Executive Producer
Untitled Final Interview of John Lennon Documentary
Director, Executive Producer
(2025)
Black Bag
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2025)
Presence
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
(2025)
Love, Brooklyn
Executive Producer
(2025)
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Executive Producer
(2024)
Calladita
Executive Producer
(2024)
Heretic
Thanks
(2024)
Megalopolis
Thanks
(2024)
Memories of Love Returned
Executive Producer
(2023)
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
(2023)
Divinity
Executive Producer
(2023)
Once Within a Time
Executive Producer
(2023)
Accidentally Brave
Producer
(2022)
Kimi
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
(2022)
The Exiles
Executive Producer
(2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Producer
(2021)
No Sudden Move
Editor, Director of Photography, Director
(2021)
The Vandal
Thanks
(2020)
Let Them All Talk
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2020)
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Executive Producer
(2019)
Beats
Executive Producer
(2019)
High Flying Bird
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2019)
Perfect
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Laundromat
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2019)
Your Life as a Spy
Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor, Producer
(2019)
The Report
Producer
(2018)
The King
Executive Producer
(2018)
Ocean's Eight
Producer
(2018)
Unsane
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2017)
Logan Lucky
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2015)
Magic Mike XXL
Director of Photography, Editor, Executive Producer
(2015)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Associate Producer
(2014)
The One I Love
Thanks
(2014)
Citizenfour
Executive Producer
(2014)
(2013)
Side Effects
Editor, Director, Director of Photography
(2013)
Behind the Candelabra
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2013)
Visitors
Presenter
(2012)
Magic Mike
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2012)
The Hunger Games
Second Unit Director
(2012)
(2012)
Julian
Thanks
(2011)
Contagion
Director, Director of Photography
(2011)
Haywire
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
(2011)
His Way
Executive Producer
(2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Executive Producer
(2010)
And Everything Is Going Fine
Director
(2010)
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
Executive Producer
(2009)
The Informant!
Director of Photography, Director
(2009)
Solitary Man
Producer
(2009)
The Girlfriend Experience
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2009)
Playground
Executive Producer
(2009)
(2008)
Che: Part Two
Director of Photography, Director
(2008)
Che: Part One
Director, Director of Photography
(2007)
Ocean's Thirteen
Director, Director of Photography
(2007)
Michael Clayton
Executive Producer
(2007)
Wind Chill
Executive Producer
(2007)
I'm Not There
Executive Producer
(2006)
The Good German
Director of Photography, Director, Editor
(2006)
A Scanner Darkly
Executive Producer
(2006)
Bubble
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2006)
Pu-239
Executive Producer
(2006)
Building No. 7
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Executive Producer
(2005)
The Jacket
Producer
(2005)
Rumor Has It...
Executive Producer
(2005)
The Brothers Grimm
Thanks
(2005)
The Big Empty
Executive Producer
(2005)
Syriana
Executive Producer
(2005)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Executive Producer
(2004)
Ocean's Twelve
Director, Director of Photography
(2004)
Criminal
Screenplay, Producer
(2004)
Eros
Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
(2004)
Able Edwards
Executive Producer
(2004)
Equilibrium
Cinematography, Editor, Director, Writer
(2004)
Keane
Executive Producer
(2002)
Solaris
Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
(2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Executive Producer
(2002)
Far from Heaven
Executive Producer
(2002)
Welcome to Collinwood
Producer
(2002)
Full Frontal
Director of Photography, Director
(2002)
Insomnia
Executive Producer
(2002)
Naqoyqatsi
Executive Producer
(2001)
Ocean's Eleven
Director, Director of Photography
(2001)
Tribute
Executive Producer
(2001)
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
Executive Producer
(2000)
Erin Brockovich
Director
(2000)
Traffic
Director, Director of Photography
(1999)
The Limey
Director
(1999)
Stir of Echoes
Thanks
(1998)
Out of Sight
Director
(1998)
Pleasantville
Producer, Second Unit Director
(1997)
Nightwatch
Screenplay
(1997)
Schizopolis
Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Daytrippers
Producer
(1996)
Gray's Anatomy
Director
(1995)
The Underneath
Director, Screenplay
(1993)
King of the Hill
Editor, Director, Screenplay
(1993)
Suture
Executive Producer
(1991)
Kafka
Director, Editor
(1989)
sex, lies, and videotape
Director, Editor, Sound Editor, Writer
(1987)
Winston
Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematography
(1985)
Yes - 9012 Live
Director, Editor
(1985)
Access All Areas
Director, Director of Photography, Editor