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The long and prolific career of Steven Soderbergh (b. 1963) defies easy categorization. From his breakout beginnings in 1989 with sex, lies, and videotape to 2013, when he retired from big-screen studio movie making to focus on other pursuits including television, the director's output resembles nothing less than an elaborate experiment. Soderbergh's Hollywood vehicles such as the Ocean's Eleven movies, Contagion, and Magic Mike appear just as risky and outside-the-box as low-budget exercises such as Schizopolis, Bubble, and The Girlfriend Experience. This updated edition details key career moments: his creative crisis surrounding his fourth film, The Underneath; his rejuvenation with the ultra-low-budget free-style Schizopolis; the mainstream achievements Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the Ocean's Eleven films; and his continuing dedication to pushing his craft forward with films as diverse as conspiracy thrillers, sexy dramas, and biopics on Che Guevara and Liberace. Spanning twenty-five years, these conversations reveal Soderbergh to be as self-effacing and lighthearted in his later more established years as he was when just beginning to make movies. He comes across as a man undaunted by the glitz and power of Hollywood, remaining, above all, a truly independent filmmaker unafraid to get his hands dirty and pick up the camera himself.
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Filmography
As Director
YES 9012LIVE (1989)
Director/Editor: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Yes, Jon Anderson (vocals), Tony Kaye (keyboards), Trevor Rabin (guitar and vocals), Chris Squire (bass guitar and vocals), Alan White (drums)
Color, video, 67 minutes
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)
Miramax Films
Executive Producers: Nancy Tenenbaum, Morgan Mason, Nick Wechsler
Producers: John Hardy, Robert Newmyer
Director/Writer/Editor: Steven Soderbergh
Cinematography: Walt Lloyd
Music: Cliff Martinez
Art Direction: Joanne Schmidt
Cast: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo
Color, 35mm, 101 minutes
KAFKA (1991)
Malofilm Group
Executive Producers: Barry Levinson, Paul Rassam, Mark Johnson
Producers: Harry Benn, Stuart Cornfeld
Director/Editing: Steven Soderbergh
Written by Lem Dobbs
Cinematography: Walt Lloyd
Music: Cliff Martinez
Production Design: Gavin Bocquet
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Joel Gray, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbe, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alec Guinness
Black and white, color, 35mm, 100 minutes
KING OF THE HILL (1993)
Universal Pictures
Executive Producers: John Hardy
Producers: Albert Berger, Barbara Maltby, Ron Yerxa
Director/Editing/Adaptation: Steven Soderbergh
Cinematography: Elliott Davis
Music: Cliff Martinez
Production Design: Gary Frutkoff
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Karen Allen, Jeroen Krabbe, Elizabeth McGovern, Spalding Gray, Lisa Eichhom, Joseph Chrest, Adrien Brody
Color, 35mm, 102 minutes
“THE QUIET ROOM,” FALLEN ANGELS (1993)
Showtime
Executive Producer: Sydney Pollack
Producers: Steve Golin, Lindsay Doran, William Horberg
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Joe Mantegna, Vinessa Shaw, Bonnie Bedelia, Genia Michaela
“PROFESSIONAL MAN,” FALLEN ANGELS (1994)
Showtime
Executive Producer: Sydney Pollack
Producers: Steve Golin, Lindsay Doran, William Horberg
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Peter Coyote, Brendan Fraser
THE UNDERNEATH (1995)
Universal Pictures
Executive Producers: Joshua Donen, William Reid, Lionel Wigram
Producer: John Hardy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: Daniel Fuchs (Criss Cross screenplay), Steven Soderbergh (as Sam Lowry)
Cinematography: Elliott Davis
Music: Cliff Martinez
Editing: Stan Salfas
Production Design: Howard Cummings
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliot, Elizabeth Shue, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, William Fichtner
Color, 35mm, 99 minutes
GRAY’S ANATOMY (1996)
Northern Arts Entertainment
Executive Producers: Caroline Kaplan, Jonathon Sehring, John Re, Kathleen Russo
Producer: John Hardy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Spalding Gray
Cinematography: Elliott Davis
Music: Cliff Martinez
Editing: Susan Littenberg
Production Design: Adele Plauche
Cast: Spalding Gray
Color, 35mm, 80 minutes
SCHIZOPOLIS (1996)
Northern Arts Entertainment
Executive Producer: John Re
Producer: John Hardy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Steven Soderbergh (as Sam Lowry)
Cinematography: Steven Soderbergh
Editing: Sarah Flack
Cast: Steven Soderbergh, Betsey Brantley, David Jensen
Color, 35mm, 96 minutes
OUT OF SIGHT (1998)
Universal Pictures
Executive Producers: John Hardy, Barry Sonnenfeld
Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Director: Steven Soderbergh
W...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Filmography
- Hot Phenom: Hollywood Makes a Big Deal over Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies, and videotape
- Interview with Steven Soderbergh: sex, lies, and videotape
- An Exploration of the Work Kafka
- Interview with Steven Soderbergh: King of the Hill
- Interview with Steven Soderbergh: The Underneath
- Soderbergh’s The Underneath Brings Nineties Style to Film Noir
- Crazy for You: Steven Soderbergh Cuts Loose with Schizopolis
- Suddenly Soderbergh: The Onetime Wunderkind Beats the Backlash
- Out of Sight
- Sight Seeing: Steven Soderbergh Loosens Up
- The Flashback Kid
- Emotion, Truth, and Celluloid
- Steven Soderbergh: From sex, lies, and videotape to Erin Brockovich—A Maverick Director’s Route (with Detours) to Hollywood Clout
- Having Your Way with Hollywood, or the Further Adventures of Steven Soderbergh
- Man of the Year: Steven Soderbergh Traffics in Success
- Steven Sodebergh Interview
- Steven Soderbergh: “Everything Is the Director’s Fault”
- Eight Hours Are Not a Day
- Interview with Steven Soderbergh: “Passion Has to Be Visible”
- Guerrilla Filmmaking on an Epic Scale
- Split Personality
- Stimulus Package
- All Work and No Play . . . Makes Steven Soderbergh Some Kind of Genius
- Interview: Steven Soderbergh
- Trojan Horses and Immaculate Math: An Interview with Steven Soderbergh
- Steven Soderbergh: Retirement, Liberace, Legacy
- State of the Cinema Address
- Additional Resources
- Index