Steven Soderbergh
Directing
Born: January 14, 1963 (age 63) · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Soderbergh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Hunger Games
2012
Ocean's Eleven
2001
Ocean's Eight
2018
Ocean's Twelve
2004
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
Contagion
2011
Insomnia
2002
Logan Lucky
2017
Erin Brockovich
2000
Side Effects
2013
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
Magic Mike
2012
Photos (24)
Movies (8)
Ocean's Eleven
Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited)
Contagion
John Neal (voice, uncredited)
Presence
The Presence (Uncredited)
Waking Life
Interviewed on Television
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Schizopolis
Fletcher Munson
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
Shadow (Uncredited)
Your Life as a Spy
(voice)
Self / Appearances (20)
Taff
self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time
Self
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
Full Frontal
Self (uncredited)
Radioman
Self
Side by Side
Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Independent's Day
Self
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Self
Made in the USA
Self
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
Self
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Self
Making Che
Self
Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell
Self - Director, 'Sex, Lies & Videotape'
CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution
Himself/Peter Andrews
Directing (55)
Ocean's Eleven
Director
The Knick
Director
Fallen Angels
Director
The Hunger Games
Second Unit Director
Ocean's Twelve
Director
Ocean's Thirteen
Director
Contagion
Director
Black Bag
Director
Logan Lucky
Director
Erin Brockovich
Director
Presence
Director
Full Circle
Director
sex, lies, and videotape
Director
Traffic
Director
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Director
Out of Sight
Director
The Laundromat
Director
Haywire
Director
Che: Part Two
Director
Che: Part One
Director
No Sudden Move
Director
Pleasantville
Second Unit Director
Solaris
Director
The Christophers
Director
Magic Mike
Director
Command Z
Director
Behind the Candelabra
Director
Side Effects
Director
Unsane
Director
Kimi
Director
Mosaic
Director
Eros
Director
The Limey
Director
The Good German
Director
The Informant!
Director
K Street
Director
The Girlfriend Experience
Director
Let Them All Talk
Director
Full Frontal
Director
Kafka
Director
High Flying Bird
Director
Schizopolis
Director
Yes - 9012Live
Director
The Underneath
Director
King of the Hill
Director
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Director
And Everything Is Going Fine
Director
Bubble
Director
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Director
Gray's Anatomy
Director
Winston
Director
Access All Areas
Director
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
Director
Your Life as a Spy
Director
Building No. 7
Director
Writing (11)
sex, lies, and videotape
Writer
Solaris
Screenplay
Eros
Writer
Nightwatch
Screenplay
Criminal
Screenplay
Schizopolis
Screenplay
The Underneath
Screenplay
King of the Hill
Screenplay
Winston
Writer
Your Life as a Spy
Writer
Building No. 7
Writer
Producing (60)
The Oscars
Producer
The Girlfriend Experience
Executive Producer
Ocean's Eight
Producer
The Knick
Executive Producer
Insomnia
Executive Producer
Godless
Executive Producer
Red Oaks
Executive Producer
Full Circle
Executive Producer
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Executive Producer
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Executive Producer
Now Apocalypse
Executive Producer
The Jacket
Producer
Syriana
Executive Producer
Michael Clayton
Executive Producer
Pleasantville
Producer
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Executive Producer
A Scanner Darkly
Executive Producer
The Report
Producer
Magic Mike XXL
Executive Producer
Mosaic
Executive Producer
Rumor Has It...
Executive Producer
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Executive Producer
Wind Chill
Executive Producer
I'm Not There
Executive Producer
Naqoyqatsi
Executive Producer
Welcome to Collinwood
Producer
Far from Heaven
Executive Producer
K Street
Executive Producer
Wireless
Executive Producer
Criminal
Producer
Solitary Man
Producer
Keane
Executive Producer
Divinity
Executive Producer
Finding Magic Mike
Executive Producer
Citizenfour
Executive Producer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Associate Producer
The Daytrippers
Producer
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Producer
Suture
Executive Producer
The King
Executive Producer
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Executive Producer
Calladita
Executive Producer
Beats
Executive Producer
Playground
Executive Producer
Leavenworth
Executive Producer
Pu-239
Executive Producer
His Way
Executive Producer
Once Within a Time
Executive Producer
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Executive Producer
Love, Brooklyn
Executive Producer
Perfect
Executive Producer
Winston
Producer
Able Edwards
Executive Producer
The Exiles
Executive Producer
Memories of Love Returned
Executive Producer
Accidentally Brave
Producer
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½
Executive Producer
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
Executive Producer
Tribute
Executive Producer
Your Life as a Spy
Producer
Other Crew (90)
Ocean's Eleven
Director of Photography
The Knick
Editor
The Knick
Director of Photography
Heretic
Thanks
Ocean's Twelve
Director of Photography
Ocean's Thirteen
Director of Photography
Contagion
Director of Photography
Black Bag
Director of Photography
Black Bag
Editor
The Brothers Grimm
Thanks
Logan Lucky
Editor
Logan Lucky
Director of Photography
Megalopolis
Thanks
Presence
Editor
Presence
Director of Photography
Presence
Camera Operator
Full Circle
Editor
Full Circle
Director of Photography
sex, lies, and videotape
Editor
sex, lies, and videotape
Sound Editor
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
Traffic
Director of Photography
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Director of Photography
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Editor
The Laundromat
Editor
The Laundromat
Director of Photography
Haywire
Director of Photography
Haywire
Editor
Che: Part Two
Director of Photography
Che: Part One
Director of Photography
Stir of Echoes
Thanks
No Sudden Move
Editor
No Sudden Move
Director of Photography
Solaris
Editor
Solaris
Director of Photography
The Christophers
Director of Photography
The Christophers
Editor
Magic Mike
Editor
Magic Mike
Director of Photography
Command Z
Director of Photography
Command Z
Creator
Behind the Candelabra
Director of Photography
Behind the Candelabra
Editor
Side Effects
Editor
Side Effects
Director of Photography
Unsane
Editor
Unsane
Director of Photography
Magic Mike XXL
Director of Photography
Magic Mike XXL
Editor
Kimi
Editor
Kimi
Director of Photography
Mosaic
Director of Photography
Mosaic
Editor
Eros
Director of Photography
Eros
Editor
The Good German
Director of Photography
The Good German
Editor
The Informant!
Director of Photography
The One I Love
Thanks
K Street
Editor
K Street
Director of Photography
K Street
Creator
The Girlfriend Experience
Director of Photography
The Girlfriend Experience
Editor
Let Them All Talk
Editor
Let Them All Talk
Director of Photography
Full Frontal
Director of Photography
Kafka
Editor
High Flying Bird
Editor
High Flying Bird
Director of Photography
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Thanks
Schizopolis
Director of Photography
Schizopolis
Original Music Composer
Yes - 9012Live
Editor
King of the Hill
Editor
Visitors
Presenter
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Director of Photography
The Vandal
Thanks
Bubble
Editor
Bubble
Director of Photography
Winston
Cinematography
Access All Areas
Director of Photography
Access All Areas
Editor
Julian
Thanks
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
Director of Photography
Unstarted Symphony No. 1
Editor
Your Life as a Spy
Cinematography
Your Life as a Spy
Editor
Building No. 7
Director of Photography
Building No. 7
Editor