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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John Lennon: The Last InterviewFilm · 2026 · Director of Photography- John Lennon: The Last InterviewFilm · 2026 · Director
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David LeanFilm · 2026 · as Self
The ChristophersFilm · 2026 · Director of Photography- The ChristophersFilm · 2026 · Director
- The ChristophersFilm · 2026 · Editor
Black BagFilm · 2025 · Director of Photography- Black BagFilm · 2025 · Director
- Black BagFilm · 2025 · Editor
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside StoryFilm · 2025 · as Self
PresenceFilm · 2025 · as The Presence (Uncredited)- PresenceFilm · 2025 · Director of Photography
- PresenceFilm · 2025 · Director
- PresenceFilm · 2025 · Editor
The Hanging of Stuart CornfeldFilm · 2025 · Acting
Accidentally BraveFilm · 2023 · Producer
Command ZTV · 2023 · Director of Photography · 8 episodes- Command ZTV · 2023 · Director · 8 episodes
Full CircleTV · 2023 · Director of Photography · 6 episodes- Full CircleTV · 2023 · Director · 6 episodes
- Full CircleTV · 2023 · Editor · 6 episodes
Magic Mike's Last DanceFilm · 2023 · Director of Photography- Magic Mike's Last DanceFilm · 2023 · Director
- Magic Mike's Last DanceFilm · 2023 · Editor
Is That Black Enough for You?!?Film · 2022 · Producer
KimiFilm · 2022 · Director of Photography- KimiFilm · 2022 · Director
- KimiFilm · 2022 · Editor
No Sudden MoveFilm · 2021 · Director of Photography- No Sudden MoveFilm · 2021 · Director
- No Sudden MoveFilm · 2021 · Editor
Let Them All TalkFilm · 2020 · Director of Photography- Let Them All TalkFilm · 2020 · Director
- Let Them All TalkFilm · 2020 · Editor
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthFilm · 2019 · as Self
High Flying BirdFilm · 2019 · Director of Photography- High Flying BirdFilm · 2019 · Director
- High Flying BirdFilm · 2019 · Editor
The LaundromatFilm · 2019 · Director of Photography- The LaundromatFilm · 2019 · Director
- The LaundromatFilm · 2019 · Editor
The ReportFilm · 2019 · Producer
Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · as (voice)- Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · Cinematography
- Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · Director
- Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · Editor
- Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · Producer
- Your Life as a SpyFilm · 2019 · Writer
MosaicTV · 2018 · Director of Photography · 6 episodes- MosaicTV · 2018 · Director · 6 episodes
- MosaicTV · 2018 · Editor · 6 episodes
Ocean's EightFilm · 2018 · Producer
UnsaneFilm · 2018 · Director of Photography- UnsaneFilm · 2018 · Director
- UnsaneFilm · 2018 · Editor
Logan LuckyFilm · 2017 · Director of Photography- Logan LuckyFilm · 2017 · Director
- Logan LuckyFilm · 2017 · Editor
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All TimeFilm · 2016 · as Self
Magic Mike XXLFilm · 2015 · Director of Photography- Magic Mike XXLFilm · 2015 · Editor
The Legend of the Palme d'OrFilm · 2015 · as Self
The KnickTV · 2014 · Director of Photography · 20 episodes- The KnickTV · 2014 · Director · 20 episodes
- The KnickTV · 2014 · Editor · 20 episodes
Unstarted Symphony No. 1Film · 2014 · as Shadow (Uncredited)- Unstarted Symphony No. 1Film · 2014 · Director of Photography
- Unstarted Symphony No. 1Film · 2014 · Director
- Unstarted Symphony No. 1Film · 2014 · Editor
Behind the CandelabraFilm · 2013 · Director of Photography- Behind the CandelabraFilm · 2013 · Director
- Behind the CandelabraFilm · 2013 · Editor
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For LoveFilm · 2013 · as Self
Side EffectsFilm · 2013 · Director of Photography- Side EffectsFilm · 2013 · Director
- Side EffectsFilm · 2013 · Editor
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the RoadFilm · 2012 · Director- Gina Carano in TrainingFilm · 2012 · Acting
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie MacFilm · 2012 · as Self
Magic MikeFilm · 2012 · Director of Photography- Magic MikeFilm · 2012 · Director
- Magic MikeFilm · 2012 · Editor
RadiomanFilm · 2012 · as Self
Side by SideFilm · 2012 · as Self- Stanley Kubrick in FocusFilm · 2012 · as Self
ContagionFilm · 2011 · as John Neal (voice, uncredited)- ContagionFilm · 2011 · Director of Photography
- ContagionFilm · 2011 · Director
HaywireFilm · 2011 · Director of Photography- HaywireFilm · 2011 · Director
- HaywireFilm · 2011 · Editor
And Everything Is Going FineFilm · 2010 · Director
Making CheFilm · 2010 · as Self
CHE and the Digital Cinema RevolutionFilm · 2009 · as Himself/Peter Andrews- Porn: Business of PleasureFilm · 2009 · as Self - Director, The Girlfriend Experience
Solitary ManFilm · 2009 · Producer
The Girlfriend ExperienceFilm · 2009 · Director of Photography- The Girlfriend ExperienceFilm · 2009 · Director
- The Girlfriend ExperienceFilm · 2009 · Editor
The Informant!Film · 2009 · Director of Photography- The Informant!Film · 2009 · Director
Che: Part OneFilm · 2008 · Director of Photography- Che: Part OneFilm · 2008 · Director
Che: Part TwoFilm · 2008 · Director of Photography- Che: Part TwoFilm · 2008 · Director
Ocean's ThirteenFilm · 2007 · Director of Photography- Ocean's ThirteenFilm · 2007 · Director
BubbleFilm · 2006 · Director of Photography- BubbleFilm · 2006 · Director
- BubbleFilm · 2006 · Editor
Building No. 7Film · 2006 · Director of Photography- Building No. 7Film · 2006 · Director
- Building No. 7Film · 2006 · Editor
- Building No. 7Film · 2006 · Writer
The Good GermanFilm · 2006 · Director of Photography- The Good GermanFilm · 2006 · Director
- The Good GermanFilm · 2006 · Editor
The JacketFilm · 2005 · Producer
CriminalFilm · 2004 · Producer- CriminalFilm · 2004 · Screenplay
ErosFilm · 2004 · Director of Photography- ErosFilm · 2004 · Director
- ErosFilm · 2004 · Editor
- ErosFilm · 2004 · Writer
Five Directors On The Battle of AlgiersFilm · 2004 · as Self
Ocean's TwelveFilm · 2004 · Director of Photography- Ocean's TwelveFilm · 2004 · Director
K StreetTV · 2003 · Director of Photography · 10 episodes- K StreetTV · 2003 · Director · 10 episodes
- K StreetTV · 2003 · Editor · 10 episodes
- 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the ConFilm · 2002 · as Self
Full FrontalFilm · 2002 · as Self (uncredited)- Full FrontalFilm · 2002 · Director of Photography
- Full FrontalFilm · 2002 · Director
NaqoyqatsiFilm · 2002 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
SolarisFilm · 2002 · Director of Photography- SolarisFilm · 2002 · Director
- SolarisFilm · 2002 · Editor
- SolarisFilm · 2002 · Screenplay
Welcome to CollinwoodFilm · 2002 · Producer
Ocean's ElevenFilm · 2001 · as Vault-Bombing Thief (uncredited)- Ocean's ElevenFilm · 2001 · Director of Photography
- Ocean's ElevenFilm · 2001 · Director
Waking LifeFilm · 2001 · as Interviewed on Television
Erin BrockovichFilm · 2000 · Director
Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'Film · 2000 · as Self
TrafficFilm · 2000 · Director of Photography- TrafficFilm · 2000 · Director
The LimeyFilm · 1999 · Director- Independent FocusTV · 1998 · as Self · 1 episode
Independent's DayFilm · 1998 · as Self- Inside 'Out of Sight'Film · 1998 · as Self
Out of SightFilm · 1998 · Director
PleasantvilleFilm · 1998 · Producer
NightwatchFilm · 1997 · Screenplay
SchizopolisFilm · 1997 · as Fletcher Munson- SchizopolisFilm · 1997 · Director of Photography
- SchizopolisFilm · 1997 · Original Music Composer
- SchizopolisFilm · 1997 · Director
- SchizopolisFilm · 1997 · Screenplay
TaffTV · 1997 · as self · 1 episode
The DaytrippersFilm · 1997 · Producer
Gray's AnatomyFilm · 1996 · Director
The UnderneathFilm · 1995 · Director- The UnderneathFilm · 1995 · Screenplay
Fallen AngelsTV · 1993 · Director · 2 episodes
King of the HillFilm · 1993 · Director- King of the HillFilm · 1993 · Editor
- King of the HillFilm · 1993 · Screenplay
Made in the USAFilm · 1993 · as Self
Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not SellFilm · 1991 · as Self - Director, 'Sex, Lies & Videotape'
KafkaFilm · 1991 · Director- KafkaFilm · 1991 · Editor
sex, lies, and videotapeFilm · 1989 · Director- sex, lies, and videotapeFilm · 1989 · Editor
- sex, lies, and videotapeFilm · 1989 · Writer
WinstonFilm · 1987 · Cinematography- WinstonFilm · 1987 · Director
- WinstonFilm · 1987 · Producer
- WinstonFilm · 1987 · Writer
Access All AreasFilm · 1985 · Director of Photography- Access All AreasFilm · 1985 · Director
- Access All AreasFilm · 1985 · Editor
Yes - 9012LiveFilm · 1985 · Director- Yes - 9012LiveFilm · 1985 · Editor
- Rapid Eye MovementFilm · 1982 · as Steven Soderbergh
- Rapid Eye MovementFilm · 1982 · Director
- The OscarsTV · 1953 · as Self · 1 episode
- The OscarsTV · 1953 · Producer · 1 episode
- AscensoFilm · Director
Mr. KneffFilm · Director- The Making of "Once Within a Time"Film · as Self
- UltraluminousFilm · Producer
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