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Steven Soderbergh

Directing 63 years old Atlanta, Georgia, USA ★ 1.7
Born: January 14, 1963

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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Filmography

Acting Credits (35)

Directing Credits (56)

The Christophers
The Christophers Director 2026
Black Bag
Black Bag Director 2025
Presence
Presence Director 2025
Command Z
Command Z Director 2023
Full Circle
Full Circle Director 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Magic Mike's Last Dance Director 2023
Kimi
Kimi Director 2022
No Sudden Move
No Sudden Move Director 2021
Let Them All Talk
Let Them All Talk Director 2020
The Laundromat
The Laundromat Director 2019
High Flying Bird
High Flying Bird Director 2019
Your Life as a Spy
Your Life as a Spy Director 2019
Unsane
Unsane Director 2018
Mosaic
Mosaic Director 2018
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky Director 2017
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
Unstarted Symphony No. 1 Director 2014
The Knick
The Knick Director 2014
Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra Director 2013
Side Effects
Side Effects Director 2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road Director 2012
Magic Mike
Magic Mike Director 2012
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games Second Unit Director 2012
Haywire
Haywire Director 2011
Contagion
Contagion Director 2011
And Everything Is Going Fine
And Everything Is Going Fine Director 2010
The Informant!
The Informant! Director 2009
The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience Director 2009
Che: Part Two
Che: Part Two Director 2008
Che: Part One
Che: Part One Director 2008
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Thirteen Director 2007
The Good German
The Good German Director 2006
Building No. 7
Building No. 7 Director 2006
Bubble
Bubble Director 2006
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Twelve Director 2004
Eros
Eros Director 2004
K Street
K Street Director 2003
Solaris
Solaris Director 2002
Full Frontal
Full Frontal Director 2002
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven Director 2001
Traffic
Traffic Director 2000
Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich Director 2000
The Limey
The Limey Director 1999
Pleasantville
Pleasantville Second Unit Director 1998
Out of Sight
Out of Sight Director 1998
Schizopolis
Schizopolis Director 1997
Gray's Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy Director 1996
The Underneath
The Underneath Director 1995
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Director 1993
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels Director 1993
Kafka
Kafka Director 1991
sex, lies, and videotape
sex, lies, and videotape Director 1989
Winston
Winston Director 1987
Yes - 90125 Live
Yes - 90125 Live Director 1985
Access All Areas
Access All Areas Director 1985
Rapid Eye Movement
Rapid Eye Movement Director 1982
John Lennon: The Last Interview
John Lennon: The Last Interview Director

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