Biography
Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for Best Director for his 2000 ensemble drama Traffic. He actually earned dual Best Director Oscar nominations that year as he was also honored for Erin Brockovich, which starred Julia Roberts in an Oscar-winning performance. Previously, Soderbergh was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for sex, lies, and videotape, which marked his feature film directorial debut. The film also won the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
More recently, he directed Contagion, a medical thriller with an international ensemble cast including Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet. And Everything is Going Fine, his feature film documenting the life and work of the late performance artist Spalding Gray, made its world premiere at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. The two had previously worked together on Gray’s Anatomy and King of the Hill.
Soderbergh also wrote, directed, photographed and edited Equilibrium, starring Alan Arkin, Robert Downey, Jr. and Ele Keats, which was one of three short, eroticism-themed films released together as Eros. Michelangelo Antonioni and Wong Kar-wai directed the other two segments. The film made its premiere at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Soderbergh has also produced or executive produced a wide range of features including Solitary Man, directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien; Far From Heaven and I’m Not There, directed by Todd Haynes; Michael Clayton, directed by Tony Gilroy; the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, directed by Marina Zenovich; Wind Chill and Criminal, directed by Gregory Jacobs; Good Night, and Good Luck and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney; A Scanner Darkly, directed by Richard Linklater; Rumor Has It…, directed by Rob Reiner; Syriana, directed by Stephen Gaghan; Lodge Kerrigan’s Keane, which played at the Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals; The Jacket, directed by John Maybury; Insomnia, directed by Christopher Nolan; Welcome to Collinwood, directed by Anthony and Joseph Russo; Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross; and The Daytrippers, directed by Greg Mottola.
In December 2009, Soderbergh created and directed the play “Tot Mom,” produced at the Sydney Theatre Company. Based on the kidnapping and murder of Caylee Anthony, the play starred Essie Davis as controversial television commentator Nancy Grace, whose crusade for justice ignited worldwide interest in the crime.
At the same time, he also directed his 22nd film, The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg, an improvised comedy starring the cast of “Tot Mom.”
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Black Bag |
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Presence |
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Magic Mike's Last Dance |
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KIMI |
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No Sudden Move |
2020 |
Let Them All Talk |
2019 |
High Flying Bird |
The Laundromat |
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2018 |
Unsane |
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Logan Lucky |
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Behind the Candelabra (TV movie) |
Side Effects |
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Magic Mike |
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Contagion |
Haywire |
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The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg |
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2009 |
The Girlfriend Experience |
The Informant! |
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Che: Part One |
Che: Part Two |
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Ocean's Thirteen |
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The Good German |
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Bubble |
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Eros |
Ocean's Twelve |
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Full Frontal |
Solaris |
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2001 |
Ocean's Eleven |
2000 |
Erin Brockovich |
Traffic |
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1999 |
The Limey |
1998 |
Out of Sight |
1996 |
Gray's Anatomy |
Schizopolis |
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1995 |
The Underneath |
1993 |
King of the Hill |
1991 |
Kafka |
1989 |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
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Command Z |
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Back for the Future (E08) |
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The Knick |
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Do You Remember Moon Flower? (S02E09) |
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Unscripted |
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K Street |
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Fallen Angels |
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Fallen Angels |
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And Everything Is Going Fine |
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Yes: 9012 Live (concert) |
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No Sudden Move |
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Let Them All Talk |
2019 |
High Flying Bird |
The Laundromat |
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2018 |
Unsane |
2017 |
Logan Lucky |
2015 |
Magic Mike XXL |
2013 |
Behind the Candelabra (TV movie) |
Side Effects |
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2012 |
Magic Mike |
2011 |
Contagion |
Haywire |
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2009 |
The Girlfriend Experience |
The Informant! |
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2008 |
Che: Part One |
Che: Part Two |
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2007 |
Ocean's Thirteen |
2006 |
The Good German |
2005 |
Bubble |
2004 |
Eros |
Ocean's Twelve |
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2002 |
Full Frontal |
Solaris |
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2001 |
Ocean's Eleven |
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Traffic |
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Schizopolis |
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Full Circle |
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Loyalty (E05) |
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2018 |
Mosaic |
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Fact and Fiction (E06) |
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The Reckoning (E05) |
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Ilsa From Finland (E04) |
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2015 |
The Knick |
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This Is All We Are (S02E10) |
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Do You Remember Moon Flower? (S02E09) |
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Not Well at All (S02E08) |
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2014 |
The Knick |
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Crutchfield (S01E10) |
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The Golden Lotus (S01E09) |
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Working Late a Lot (S01E08) |
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K Street |
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Presence |
2023 |
Magic Mike's Last Dance |
2022 |
KIMI |
2021 |
No Sudden Move |
2020 |
Let Them All Talk |
2019 |
High Flying Bird |
The Laundromat |
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2018 |
Unsane |
2017 |
Logan Lucky |
2015 |
Magic Mike XXL |
2013 |
Behind the Candelabra (TV movie) |
Side Effects |
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2012 |
Magic Mike |
2011 |
Haywire |
2009 |
The Girlfriend Experience |
2006 |
The Good German |
2005 |
Bubble |
2004 |
Eros |
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Solaris |
1993 |
King of the Hill |
1991 |
Kafka |
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
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Full Circle |
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Essequibo (E06) |
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Loyalty (E05) |
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Safe in the Circle (E04) |
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2018 |
Mosaic |
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Fact and Fiction (E06) |
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The Reckoning (E05) |
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Ilsa From Finland (E04) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2015 |
The Knick |
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This Is All We Are (S02E10) |
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Do You Remember Moon Flower? (S02E09) |
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Not Well at All (S02E08) |
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more episodes (7) | ||
2014 |
The Knick |
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Crutchfield (S01E10) |
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The Golden Lotus (S01E09) |
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Working Late a Lot (S01E08) |
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Yes: 9012 Live (concert) |
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Divinity |
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The Report |
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Ocean's 8 |
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Solitary Man |
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The Jacket |
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Criminal |
2002 |
Welcome to Collinwood |
1998 |
Pleasantville |
1996 |
The Daytrippers |
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The 93rd Annual Academy Awards |
Actor
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The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg |
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Ocean's Eleven |
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Unknown Movies - a.f. |
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The Directors (series) - a.f. |
Steven Soderbergh - a.f. (S08E02) |
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth |
2017 |
Behind the Scenes - a.f. |
2016 |
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time! (TV movie) |
2015 |
La Légende de la palme d'or |
2014 |
Side by Side Extra: Volume One |
2012 |
Side by Side |
2008 |
Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin |
2003 |
A Decade Under the Influence |
2002 |
Day for Night: The Making of 'Insomnia' |
Naqoyqatsi |
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2000 |
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' (TV movie) |
Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story (TV movie) |
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Independent's Day (TV movie) |
1993 |
Cinefile: Made in the USA (TV movie) |
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Intimate Portrait (series) |
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Criminal |
Eros |
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Solaris |
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Nightwatch |
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Schizopolis |
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The Underneath |
1993 |
King of the Hill |
1989 |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
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1987 |
Winston |
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Josh Gates Tonight |
2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
2007 |
Rencontres de cinéma |
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At the Movies |
2001 |
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards |
1992 |
Gomorron |
1984 |
Cinema 3 |
1981 |
20 heures le journal |
Fans
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