Steven Soderbergh

53 films · 1987 to 2026

Born 14 January 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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. Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough, the indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, as well numerous other accolades and was a worldwide commercial success. His next five films, including the critically lauded King of the Hill (1993), found limited commercial success. 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 which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Soderbergh found further popular and critical success with the Ocean's trilogy and film franchise (2001–2018), Che (2008), The Informant!

Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Critical context from Senses of Cinema