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Steven Soderbergh: Biography

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Birth Name: Steven Andrew Soderbergh
Birth Place: Atlanta, GA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/14/1963, Capricorn
Profession: Director; producer; writer; editor; cinematographer

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Steven Soderbergh: TV Guide News

Soderbergh Takes a Big Casting Leap to TV Talent | Movie News | 4/1/2008
Steven Soderbergh, the man who brings together A-listers in his sleep, is taking a giant leap into a pool of TV talent — and other talent less frequently seen on the big screen — to help out Matt Damon in his new comic thriller, The Informant.Alongside Damon, who stars as an insider in the agricultural biz, Soderbergh has nabbed former Quantum Leaper Scott Bakula and The Soup's Joel McHale, who's still in final negotiations, says the Reporter. The two will play FBI agents trying to fight corporate baddies in a price-fixing scam. The film is an adaptation of Kurt Eichenwald's blockbuster book, The Informant: A True Story. Bakula and McHale will also be joining other comedic cast members, including Mike O'Malley (Yes, Dear) and Two and a Half Men's Melanie Lynskey. Of his unusual casting decisions, Soderbergh says he didn't want actors who were already overexposed in the cinema, and who could let a dark, comedic tone emerge organically. What do you think of these big leaps... read more
The Christmas Story House, and Soderbergh's Mystery Cinematographer | Ask FlickChick | 12/8/2006
Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: I saw a preview of the Steven Soderbergh movie The Good German and noticed that the black-and-white photography was by his regular cinematographer, Peter Andrews. What I'm wondering is why Andrews never works with anyone else? — JoanieFlickChick: Peter Andrews never works with anyone other than Steven Soderbergh because Peter Andrews is Steven Soderbergh. Although there are a number of cinematographers who later became directors — including Jan de Bont, Barry Sonnenfeld, Mario Bava, Ernest Dickerson, Dean Semler, Nicolas Roeg, Andrew Davis and Ronald Neame — very few mainstream directors shoot their own films, in large part because directing a big, complicated and expensive feature is more than enough work without adding in another full-time job. The only other one I can think of who is working in Hollywood today is Peter Hyams, and given how awful his recent films have been, you could make a very persuasive argument... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/11/2006
There are many reasons to love this final full season of HBO's read more
FlickChick | 2/9/2006
I've been reading about the movie Bubble being the first film every released simultaneously on TV, in movie the read more
FlickChick | 1/5/2006
In the Terence Stamp movie The Limey, the filmmakers appears to have incorporated clips of an read more

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Steven Soderbergh: TV Listings

Steven Soderbergh: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
Michael Clayton (Exec. Producer)	2007	Movie	Available
Ocean's Thirteen (Cinematographer)	2007	Movie	Available
Ocean's Thirteen (Exec. Producer)	2007	Movie	Available
Ocean's Thirteen (Director)	2007	Movie	Available
PU-239 (Executive Producer)	2007	TV Show Series