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Steven Soderbergh

42 films directed 14 Awards 19 Nominations

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.

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Awards and nominations

  • 2014 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film
  • 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
  • 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Nominated
  • 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Nominated
  • 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2003 César Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated
  • 2001 Academy Award for Best Director
  • 2001 Satellite Award for Best Director
  • 2001 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2001 BAFTA Award for Best Direction Nominated
  • 2001 Satellite Award for Best Cinematography Nominated
  • 2001 Satellite Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
  • 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
  • 2000 National Board of Review Award for Best Director
  • 2000 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director
  • 2000 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
  • 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
  • 2000 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
  • 2000 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
  • 2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2000 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2000 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director Nominated
  • 2000 European Film Award for Best Non-European Film Nominated
  • 2000 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated
  • 2000 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated
  • 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
  • 1990 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
  • 1990 BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated
  • 1990 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
  • 1989 Palme d'Or
  • 1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Nominated
  • 1989 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Nominated

The career in numbers

  • US$ 962 mi Total budget from 32 film(s) with data
  • US$ 2.4 bi Total box office from 29 film(s) with data
  • US$ 30 mi Average budget from 32 film(s) with data
  • US$ 82 mi Average box office from 29 film(s) with data
  • 6.3 Average rating from 37 film(s) with data
  • 2.7× Return on investment from 28 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film Year Budget Box office Rating
The Christophers poster The Christophers 2026 — — 6.8
Black Bag poster Black Bag 2025 US$ 50 mi US$ 44 mi 6.4
Presence poster Presence 2025 US$ 2 mi US$ 11 mi 6.1
Magic Mike's Last Dance poster Magic Mike's Last Dance 2023 US$ 45 mi US$ 52 mi 6.4
Kimi poster Kimi 2022 US$ 4 mi — 6.2
No Sudden Move poster No Sudden Move 2021 — — 6.4
Let Them All Talk poster Let Them All Talk 2020 — — 5.6
The Laundromat poster The Laundromat 2019 — — 6.0
High Flying Bird poster High Flying Bird 2019 — — 5.7
Unsane poster Unsane 2018 US$ 2 mi US$ 14 mi 6.2
Logan Lucky poster Logan Lucky 2017 US$ 29 mi US$ 48 mi 6.7
Side Effects poster Side Effects 2013 US$ 30 mi US$ 63 mi 6.6
Behind the Candelabra poster Behind the Candelabra 2013 US$ 23 mi US$ 16 mi 6.6
Magic Mike poster Magic Mike 2012 US$ 7 mi US$ 167 mi 6.2
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road poster An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road 2012 — — 6.0
Contagion poster Contagion 2011 US$ 60 mi US$ 138 mi 6.7
Haywire poster Haywire 2011 US$ 23 mi US$ 33 mi 5.7
And Everything Is Going Fine poster And Everything Is Going Fine 2010 — — 6.5
The Informant! poster The Informant! 2009 US$ 22 mi US$ 42 mi 6.2
The Girlfriend Experience poster The Girlfriend Experience 2009 US$ 2 mi US$ 1 mi 5.1
Che: Part One poster Che: Part One 2008 US$ 58 mi — 6.8
Che: Part Two poster Che: Part Two 2008 US$ 58 mi US$ 9 mi 6.6
Ocean's Thirteen poster Ocean's Thirteen 2007 US$ 85 mi US$ 311 mi 6.7
The Good German poster The Good German 2006 US$ 32 mi US$ 6 mi 5.8
Bubble poster Bubble 2006 US$ 2 mi US$ 261,966 6.3
Ocean's Twelve poster Ocean's Twelve 2004 US$ 110 mi US$ 363 mi 6.6
Eros poster Eros 2004 — US$ 2 mi 5.7
Solaris poster Solaris 2002 US$ 47 mi US$ 30 mi 6.0
Full Frontal poster Full Frontal 2002 US$ 2 mi US$ 3 mi 4.6
Ocean's Eleven poster Ocean's Eleven 2001 US$ 85 mi US$ 451 mi 7.5
Erin Brockovich poster Erin Brockovich 2000 US$ 52 mi US$ 256 mi 7.4
Traffic poster Traffic 2000 US$ 48 mi US$ 208 mi 7.1
The Limey poster The Limey 1999 US$ 10 mi US$ 3 mi 6.5
Out of Sight poster Out of Sight 1998 US$ 48 mi US$ 78 mi 6.7
Schizopolis poster Schizopolis 1997 US$ 250,000 US$ 10,580 6.2
Gray's Anatomy poster Gray's Anatomy 1996 US$ 350,000 US$ 29,090 6.5
The Underneath poster The Underneath 1995 US$ 7 mi — 5.7
King of the Hill poster King of the Hill 1993 US$ 8 mi US$ 1 mi 6.8
Kafka poster Kafka 1991 US$ 11 mi — 6.4
sex, lies, and videotape poster sex, lies, and videotape 1989 US$ 1 mi US$ 25 mi 7.0
Winston poster Winston 1987 — — 6.0
Ascenso poster Ascenso — — — —

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