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Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system.
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entertainment · American filmmaker (born 1963) · film director · cinematographer · film producer · screenwriter · film editor · television director · television producer · actor · camera operator · executive producer · also Steven Soderbergh, Steven Andrew Soderbergh, Peter Andrews, Mary Ann Bernard, Soderbergh
Born 14 January 1963 · Q103917
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2026· 3 entries
Yahoo: Steven Soderbergh has no regrets about time spent working on scrapped Star Wars movie
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Deadline.com: Steven Soderbergh On Giving Disney Nearly Three Years Of “Free Work” For Unmade ‘Star Wars’ Sequel: “We Were All Frustrated”
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2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: From Knives Out 3 to Soderbergh: 10 films to look out for at the Toronto film festival 2025
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Yahoo: Steven Soderbergh made a near-perfect spy movie. Why hasn't anybody seen it?
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Deadline.com: Steven Soderbergh Says It’s “Frustrating” When Mid-Budget Films Like ‘Black Bag’ Underperform At Box Office: “Not A Good Thing For Movies”
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IndieWire: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Good German’ May Be the Director’s Most Reviled Film — It’s Also One of His Best
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The Guardian: Steven Soderbergh developing ‘terrifying’ idea for post-Covid Contagion sequel
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The Guardian: Black Bag review – glossy Steven Soderbergh spy thriller is less Slow Horses, more show pony
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The Guardian: Streaming: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and the best haunted house films
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The Guardian: Presence review – the ghost’s behind the camera in Soderbergh’s teasing haunted house thriller
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2022· 1 entry
Was shot in Seattle and Los Angeles in April and May 2021
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2019· 1 entry
Primarily aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary 2, and also in New York and the UK, and premiered on December 10, 2020, on HBO Max
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2018· 3 entries
And was well received by critics, with Scott Meslow of GQ noting its relevance to the modern plight of women in patriarchal societies, and called it a "nerve-jangling modern-day Kafka story"
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Soderbergh launched a Bolivian grape spirit brand called "Singani 63"
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Soderbergh directed High Flying Bird, starring Andre Holland who played the role of a sports agent representing his rookie client with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity during an NBA lockout
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2017· 1 entry
By Bleecker Street and Fingerprint Releasing, his own distribution and production company
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2014· 5 entries
Uploaded a black-and-white silent version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's score of The Social Network
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film for Behind the Candelabra (2014).
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Soderbergh released an alternate cut of Michael Cimino's controversial 1980 Western Heaven's Gate on his website
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Soderbergh released a mash-up of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Gus Van Sant's 1998 shot-by-shot remake on his website, titled Psychos
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Had teamed up with a distillery based in Tarija, Casa Real and became the sole exporter of the spirit from the mountains of Bolivia
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for Behind the Candelabra (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
To a strong commercial performance and favorable critical acclaim
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“when you reach the point where you”
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2011· 1 entry
And released it to the general public six days later to commercial success and widespread critical acclaim
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2010· 3 entries
With a woman in Australia, where he was working during a separation from Asner
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Soderbergh shot the action-thriller Haywire, starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum which, though shot in early 2010, was not released until January 2012
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Soderbergh shot the epic virus thriller Contagion, another film written by Burns
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2009· 5 entries
Soderbergh appeared before the U
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“because people get tired of brands and they switch brands. I”
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Soderbergh shot a small improvised film with the cast of the play, The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, a comedy about a theatre company staging Chekhov's Three Sisters
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"because people get tired of brands and they switch brands
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Soderbergh signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case
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2006· 1 entry
Sex, Lies, and Videotape was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and the American Film
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2004· 1 entry
Soderbergh produced and co-wrote the adapted screenplay for the film Criminal—a remake of the Argentine film Nine Queens—with his longtime assistant director Gregory Jacobs, who made his directorial debut with the film
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2002· 1 entry
Was elected first Vice President of the Directors Guild of America
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Traffic (2001).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Director for Traffic (2001).
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2000· 11 entries
Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director for Erin Brockovich (2000).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Traffic (2000).
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Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for Erin Brockovich (2000).
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Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Traffic (2000).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for Erin Brockovich (2000).
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Director for Traffic (2000).
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film for Traffic (2000).
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Awarded Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Traffic (2000).
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When he directed Erin Brockovich, written by Susannah Grant and starring Julia Roberts in her Oscar-winning role as a single mother taking on industry in a civil action
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Composer Thomas Newman has worked with four Soderbergh films, most recently in 2020 with Let Them All Talk
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With his film Traffic, when directing films Soderbergh has used pseudonyms (named after his parents) in order to hide the fact that he edits and shoots most of his films himself
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for Out of Sight (1998).
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With Out of Sight, a stylized adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, written by Scott Frank and starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez
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To score Out of Sight and rejoined him in scoring his Ocean's trilogy
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1996· 1 entry
A comedy which he starred in, wrote, composed and shot as well as directed
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1995· 1 entry
Directed a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1949 film noir Criss Cross, titled The Underneath, which grossed $536,020 on a $6
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1991· 1 entry
Directed Kafka, a biographical film of Franz Kafka written by Lem Dobbs and starring Jeremy Irons
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Palme d'Or for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989).
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1985· 1 entry
For which he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Video, Long Form
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1963· 2 entries
Born 1963-01-14.
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In Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator
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