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Steven Soderbergh (born the January 14th 1963 with Atlanta in Georgia) is an American realizer .

In 1989 he is the youngest realizer to receive the gold Palm for Sexe, lies and video . Soderbergh is a prolix and eclectic realizer from the choice of the subjects which it tackles in his films. Assembler of formation, a certain number of its films have a non-linear narrative structure. The alternation of commercial films and more personal projects seems to characterize its filmographic trajectory. It received in 2001 the Oscar of the best realizer for Traffic .

Steven Soderbergh founded the production company Section Eight and made 5 films with the actor George Clooney.

Biography

It followed his parents of Atlanta to Stick-Red to Louisiana. Very young person, it is made the hand with films with the super format 8 with the material lent to the students of the LSU (Louisia State University), school where his/her father is senior. It receives a training of assembler, but then continues to be invested in projects of short films and the documentary ones. In 1986, it carries out rock'n'roll-documentary on the group Yes, 9012 Live, which opens some doors to him after having received a nomination in Grammy awards.

The first film of Soderbergh, Sex, lies and video , that he wrote (in 8 days) and put in scene, is seen decreeing the Palme of Gold to the Cannes festival in 1989 and meets a great success. It remains, to date, the youngest realizer to have ever received the gold palm. With Quentin Tarantino, it was the spearhead of the recognition of independent films in the years 1990.

Vis-a-vis the pressure of this world recognition, it chooses varied subjects (police with With flower of skin , drama with King off the Hill , exercises of style by Schizopolis ) which it tackles with an experimental style which pains to find its public.

The recognition of the public and the critic arrives first once with Horsdeatteinte in 1998 and especially Erin Brockovich, only against all in 2000.

From there, he becomes an important realizer and can obtain castings of luxury which will always come to support products general public and others more difficult ( Full Frontal , Solaris ).

In 2000, it founds with his/her friend George Clooney the production company Section Eight with the ambition to assemble projects which hold both in heart to them, of films rather of authors, while protecting them from the normal course of a film in a large studio. The first film which leaves this collaboration is Ocean' S Eleven . Will follow Bienvenue in Collinwood , Far from the paradise , The Jacket , Ocean' S Twelve , Confessions of a dangerous man ,… Section Eight closed its doors in March 2007. The two men acknowledged that the workload became too large. Steven Soderbergh indicated that he preferred from now on to devote himself to the realization.

In 2001, Soderbergh receives the Oscar of the best realizer for Traffic whereas another of its films, Erin Brockovich with Julia Roberts, is also named in this category.

Always innovating, he does not hesitate in 2004 to turn over towards a whole small budget (1,6 M€ of budget) for a less ambitious project, Bubble , which is the first film to be left at the same time in the American rooms and on support DVD.

Anecdotes

  • He is the youngest realizer having received the gold Palm, at the 26 years age.
  • In 2000, two of its films, Erin Brockovich and Traffic , were in competition and nominated for the Oscar of the best realizer and the Oscar of the best film. It was the first time that arrived since Michael Curtiz in 1938.
  • In March 2002, Soderbergh was elected first vice-president of Directors Guild off America.
  • With 130 words, Soderbergh made the shortest speech with the Oscars of 2000. * He wrote Criminal and Underneath under the pseudonym of Sam Lowry, the name of the main character of the film Brazil of Terry Gilliam.
  • It often uses pseudonyms for the other functions which it occupies on its films. He is called Peter Andrews (first names of his/her father) when he occupies the function of director of the photography ( Trafic , Ocean' S 11 , Full Frontal , Solaris , Eros , Ocean' S 12 , Bubble , The Good German , Ocean' S 13 ). He is called Mary Ann Bernard (the name of young girl of its mother) when he is assembler ( Solaris , Eros , Bubble , The Good German ).
  • It already sometimes happened to him three times to have two films at the poster the same year.

Catalog of films

Principal rewards

Sex, lies and video
  • Palm of Gold to the Cannes festival 1989
  • BAFTA of the best scenario
  • Better realizer (Indie Spirit Awards)
  • Price of the Public with Sundance
  • César nomination of the best foreign film
  • Oscar nomination of the best original screenplay
  • Golden Globes nomination of the best scenario
  • Better realizer in Indie Spirit Awards

Out of reach

  • Better realizer (National Society off Film Critics Awards)

Traffic

  • Oscar of the best realizer
  • Oscar nomination of the best film
  • Golden Globes nomination of the best realizer
  • Golden Globes nomination of the best film
  • nomination BAFTA of the best realizer
  • César nomination of the best foreign film

Erin Brockovich

  • Oscar Nomination of the best realizer
  • Nominatin Oscar of the best film

Ocean' S 11

  • César nomination of the best foreign film

Bubble

  • Nomination better realizer (Indie Spirit Awards)

External bonds

  • nonofficial Site dedicated to the realizer on Steven Soderbergh online

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