Soderbergh, Steven: LET THEM ALL TALK (HBO MAX)
REPRESENTATION
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BIRTHDAY
Birthdate: 01/14/1963 Age: 57 (Capricorn)
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Name: Steven Andrew Soderbergh
PROFESSIONS
Director, producer, cinematographer, writer, editor, actor, sound
HIGHLIGHTS
- Steven Soderbergh has 7 film projects in the works.
- Upcoming projects include the feature “Let Them All Talk” (2020).
- Won an Academy Award for Directing in 2001 for “Traffic.”
- Soderbergh has won a total of 17 awards and has been nominated for 23 awards.
- Top domestic grossing films include “Ocean’s Eleven” ($183.41M) in 2001 and “Ocean’s 8” ($139.36M) in 2018.
- Steven Soderbergh’s films have earned a total of 1.66 billion dollars in domestic grosses.
- Executive produced the Starz drama “The Girlfriend Experience,” which was adapted from his 2009 film of the same name (2016).
- Soderbergh’s interest in filmmaking began when he made Super 8 mm films as teenager.
- Attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA and Louisiana State University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, LA.
- Early credits include directing the feature film “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” released in 1989.
- Feature directing debut, “sex, lies and videotape”; also wrote and edited; earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay (1989).
- Soderbergh, 57, was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, GA with the name Steven Andrew Soderbergh.
Despite being anointed a wunderkind after winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his debut film, “sex, lies and videotape” (1989), Soderbergh spent the better part of the ensuing decade struggling to find his creative and commercial footing. After following up his Cannes triumph with the baffling “Kafka” (1991), Soderbergh disappeared from Hollywood’s radar, due to commercial failures like “King of the Hill” (1993) and “The Underneath” (1995). He cleansed his palate with the truly bizarre “Schizopolis” (1997), which helped pave the way for a revitalized career with “Out of Sight” (1998), a stylish adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s romantic crime thriller that finally put Soderbergh on the map.
The director soon entered into a fertile period that saw him make creatively satisfying films that also made money; most notably “Erin Brockovich” (2000) and “Traffic” (2000), the latter of which earned him an Oscar for Best Director.
After directing the highly-commercial “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), Soderbergh again felt the need to cleanse his soul with “Full Frontal” (2002) and “Solaris” (2002), both of which earned him considerable scorn. Always willing to experiment, as he did with the low-budget “Bubble” (2006) and the sprawling four-hour epic “Che” (2008), Soderbergh was able to keep alive his independent spirit while his feet remained firmly planted in the commercial world, even at the risk of earning detractors and disappointing fans – the mark of a truly independent filmmaker.
COMPANIONS
Wife: Jules Asner, screenwriter and author and former entertainment journalist, television personality and model; Born Feb. 14, 1968 in Tempe, Arizona; married May 10, 2003 in their New York apartment; Soderbergh often credits his wife with influencing his female characters; formerly married to Matthew Asner and took his surname, making her the former daughter-in-law of actor Ed Asner.
Companion: Frances Anderson; former film student with whom Soderbergh had an affair while he was in Sydney, Australia directing the play “Tot Mom,” 2011
Wife: Betsy Brantley, actress; Born Sept. 20, 1955 in New York; married Dec. 2, 1989; divorced in 1994; Her breakout role was in the 1982 film “Five Days One Summer” with Sean Connery.
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University Laboratory School for High School
