Steven Soderbergh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven Soderbergh
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1963(1963-01-14)
Age	61
Birthplace	Atlanta
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Steven Soderbergh Biography

Steven Soderbergh is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, United States. Director who was first recognized with his 1989 film Sex, Lies, and Videotape that won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film he directed in 2000 Traffic was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director and He also directed Erin Brockovich (2000), Contagion (2011) and the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy.

He was the director He directed George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen. in Ocean’s Eleven and its two sequels Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen.

Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator. He has Swedish, Irish, and Italian roots. Soderbergh’s paternal grandfather immigrated to the U.S. from Stockholm. As a child, he moved with his family to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he lived during his adolescence, and then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). Soderbergh discovered filmmaking as a teenager and directed short films with a Super 8 and 16 mm cameras. He attended the Louisiana State University Laboratory School for high school before graduating and moving to Hollywood to pursue professional filmmaking. In his first job he worked as a game show composer and cue card holder; soon after which he found work as a freelance film editor. During this time, he directed the concert video 9012Live for the rock band Yes in 1985, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Music Video, Long Form.

Steven Andrew Soderbergh (/ˈ s oʊ d ər b ɜːr ɡ / ; born January 14, 1963) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and actor. An early pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker.

His wife was He was married to Betsy Brantley from 1989 to 1994 and he married his second wife Jules Asner in 2003. He has two daughters named Sarah and Pearl Soderbergh. from 1989 to 1994 . He got married to the second time to Jules Asner in 2003. The couple has 2 daughters, Sarah and Pearl Soderbergh.

Steven Soderbergh Net Worth

Steven Soderbergh is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven Soderbergh 's net worth $80 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as an official scorer for game shows and cue card holder, before becoming freelance editor.

The year 2008 was the time he launched an original two-part movie entitled Che Based on Che’s life. Argentine revolutionary In 2008, he released a two-part film titled Che, based on the life of Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara..

When asked about the top eleven films he regarded among the best, Soderbergh listed the following, in order: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953), All The President’s Men (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Citizen Kane (1941), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Jaws (1975), The Last Picture Show (1971), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Third Man (1949). His directorial debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), was influenced by Mike Nichols’ 1971 American comedy-drama Carnal Knowledge. He has said that Peter Yates’ 1972 crime-comedy The Hot Rock inspired the tone of the Ocean’s films.

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Who is Steven Soderbergh Dating?

According to our records, Steven Soderbergh married to Jules Asner , Betsy Brantley. As of December 1, 2023, Steven Soderbergh’s is not dating anyone.

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Soderbergh directed Schizopolis in 1996, a comedy which he starred in, wrote, composed, and shot as well as directed. The 96-minute film was submitted to the Cannes Film Festival to such a “chilly response” that he reworked the entire introduction and conclusion before releasing it commercially. In the movie’s introduction, he placed a title page that read: ”In the event that you find certain sequences or events confusing, please bear in mind this is your fault, not ours. You will need to see the picture again and again until you understand everything”. He starred in Schizopolis as Fletcher Munson, a spokesman for a Scientology-esque lifestyle cult, and again as Dr. Jeffrey Korchek, a dentist having an affair with Munson’s wife. The film switched languages multiple times mid-scene without subtitles, leaving large parts of it incomprehensible. It was viewed by critics as a “directorial palate cleanse” for Soderbergh. During the months following his debut of Schizopolis, he released a small, edited version of the Spalding Gray monologue film Gray’s Anatomy. Soderbergh would later refer to Schizopolis as his “artistic wake-up call”. Soderbergh co-wrote the script for 1997 horror-thriller Nightwatch with Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal, an American remake of his own film of the same name produced in his native country.

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Steven Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steven Soderbergh celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

Soderbergh’s reemergence began in 1998 with Out of Sight, a stylized adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, written by Scott Frank and starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. The film was widely praised, though only a moderate box-office success. The critical reception of the movie began a multi-movie artistic partnership between Clooney and Soderbergh. Soderbergh followed up on the success of Out of Sight by making another crime caper, The Limey (1999), from a screenplay by Lem Dobbs and starring actors Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. The film was well-received and established him within the cinematic niche of thriller and heist films. He ventured into his first biographical film in 2000 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. In late 2000, Soderbergh released Traffic, a social drama written by Stephen Gaghan and featuring an ensemble cast. Time magazine compared him to a baseball player hitting home runs with Erin Brockovich and Traffic. Both films would be nominated at the 2001 Academy Awards, making him the first director to have been nominated in the same year for Best Director for two different films since Michael Curtiz in 1938. He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director for Traffic and received best director nominations at the year’s Golden Globe and the Directors Guild of America Awards.

Did Steven Soderbergh go to film school?

Soderbergh spent much of his adolescence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father was a professor and administrator at Louisiana State University. Soderbergh enrolled in a film animation course at the university while still a high school student , and it was then that he began making short films.

How old is Steven Soderbergh?

59 years (January 14, 1963)

Did Steven Soderbergh Retire?

A year ago, Steven Soderbergh was putting the finishing touches on “Logan Lucky,” but had yet to reemerge publicly from his four-year filmmaking retirement. Now, with two seasons of “The Knick” behind him, he’s returned from the television arena with a whole new ethos about making movies.

Why does Steven Soderbergh go by Peter Andrews?

Due to issues with the Writer’s Guild early on in his career, Soderbergh was forced to come up with a pseudonym to receive credit for his cinematography work on his films. He chose the name “Peter Andrews” as a tribute to his father’s first and middle names.

Can you be a film director without a degree?

Film directors are not required to have a university degree. However, the extra training and experience can make it easier to find a good job. Both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in cinema studies and film production are available in this field. The New York Film Academy is a highly regarded program.