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Email Steven Soderbergh on his Official Site (Extension 765) or care/of his agent, manager, or publicist.

Meet Steven Soderbergh at one of his movie/TV show premieres, book signings, live events, meet-and-greets, product launches, or bidding on a charity auction.

To get Steven Soderbergh’s autograph, send a fan letter with a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Steven Soderbergh
c/o Michael Sugar
Sugar23 Management
641 N. Larchmont Blvd. #100
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Steven Soderbergh’s talent agency is:

Directors Guild of America
7920 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046-0907

Steven Soderbergh’s management is:

Michael Sugar
c/o Sugar23 Management
641 N. Larchmont Blvd. #100
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Steven Soderbergh does not have a publicist.

Steven Soderbergh directed Andie MacDowell in his breakthrough independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Steven Soderbergh produced Ocean’s 8, which starred Anne Hathaway as Daphne Kluge.

Steven Soderbergh directed Andy Garcia in multiple films, casting him as the antagonist Terry Benedict in the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, which marked the beginning of their relationship.

Steven Soderbergh directed Antonio Banderas in two films: the 2011 action thriller Haywire and the 2019 comedy-drama The Laundromat.

Steven Soderbergh directed Benicio del Toro in “Traffic” and “No Sudden Move,” establishing a working relationship between the filmmaker and actor.

Steven Soderbergh directed Brad Pitt in the 2001 heist comedy Ocean’s Eleven and subsequent Ocean’s franchise films.

Steven Soderbergh directed Casey Affleck in Ocean’s Eleven (2001). Affleck plays Virgil Malloy, an auto specialist on the heist crew. He also appeared in the subsequent Ocean sequels.

Steven Soderbergh directed Cate Blanchett in two films: The Good German (2006), a black-and-white neo-noir crime film set in post-World War II Berlin, and the spy thriller Black Bag (2025).

Steven Soderbergh directed Catherine Zeta-Jones in two films: the 2000 drug drama Traffic and the 2013 psychological thriller Side Effects, where she played Dr. Victoria Siebert.

Steven Soderbergh helped transform Channing Tatum’s career by casting him in pivotal roles like Magic Mike. This transformed Tatum from a generic actor into a critically acclaimed star.

Steven Soderbergh advocated for Christopher Nolan to Warner Bros. executives, which led to Nolan directing “Insomnia” in 2002 and a long-term relationship with the studio.

Steven Soderbergh and David Fincher regularly show each other rough cuts of their films for feedback and editing, as evidenced by Soderbergh’s involvement in Fincher’s film The Killer.

Steven Soderbergh directed David Schwimmer in the Netflix film The Laundromat, a comedy-drama about the Panama Papers scandal in which Schwimmer played a supporting role.

Steven Soderbergh directed Don Cheadle in Traffic, Out of Sight, the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, and No Sudden Move.

Steven Soderbergh referenced Elon Musk in his sci-fi satire Command Z. The film features an AI version of a Musk-like billionaire who sends employees back to change societal outcomes.

Steven Soderbergh directed the film Erin Brockovich, which starred Julia Roberts as Brockovich. Because of its success, Oprah Winfrey featured the real Erin Brockovich on her talk show.

Steven Soderbergh directed Gary Oldman in the Netflix comedy-drama The Laundromat. Oldman portrayed Jürgen Mossack, one of the two lawyers at the center of the Panama Papers scandal.

Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney worked together on Out of Sight, the Ocean’s franchise, Solaris, and The Good German, and they co-founded Section Eight Productions.

Steven Soderbergh was set to direct a 3D live-action rock and roll musical called Cleo in 2008. The project would have starred Hugh Jackman as Marc Antony, but Jackman dropped out in 2009.

In a 2023 Rolling Stone interview, Steven Soderbergh discussed Jeff Bezos, stating that he doesn’t believe Bezos has committed a crime and that Amazon was not built on criminal activity.

Steven Soderbergh was an executive producer who fired the original director, Ted Griffin, during the production of the 2005 romantic comedy Rumor Has It, which starred Jennifer Aniston.

Steven Soderbergh’s close friend Terry Gilliam directed Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), a film Soderbergh co-wrote.

Steven Soderbergh is married to Jules Asner. They wed in their New York apartment on May 10, 2003.

Julia Fox stars in Steven Soderbergh’s supernatural horror film Presence. She plays a real estate lawyer named Cece, who unwittingly sells a family a home plagued by a ghost.

Steven Soderbergh worked with Julia Roberts multiple times, directing her in critically acclaimed films like Erin Brockovich (for which she won an Academy Award) and Ocean’s Eleven.

Steven Soderbergh directed Kate Winslet in the 2011 medical disaster thriller Contagion. She played Dr. Erin Mears, an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer.

Keanu Reeves interviewed Steven Soderbergh for the 2012 documentary Side by Side, which explored the transition from film to digital cinema and featured insights from renowned filmmakers.

Steven Soderbergh jokingly suggested he could make a “brilliant movie” deconstructing Kim Kardashian’s persona, indicating a hypothetical, tongue-in-cheek creative connection.

Steven Soderbergh directed Liev Schreiber in the 2023 sci-fi comedy web series Command Z, where Schreiber plays a “finance monster” who experiences a comedic transformation.

Steven Soderbergh directed Lucy Liu in the experimental horror film Presence. Shot in just 11 days, it explores a haunted house story from the ghost’s perspective.

David Fincher contacted Steven Soderbergh during the production of The Social Network, a film about Mark Zuckerberg, and was friends with the director during the movie’s development.

Steven Soderbergh directed Matthew McConaughey in Magic Mike. McConaughey played Dallas, the manager of a male strip club that was part of his “McConaissance” period.

Steven Soderbergh directed Matt Damon in Ocean’s Eleven, The Informant!, and No Sudden Move.

Steven Soderbergh directed Meryl Streep in the critically acclaimed “Let Them All Talk” and “The Laundromat,” which showcased their successful collaborative relationship in recent years.

Steven Soderbergh directed Michael Cera in the sci-fi comedy web series Command Z. In the series, Cera plays Kerning Fealty, a digitized trillionaire CEO who leads a team of time travelers.

Steven Soderbergh produced Ocean’s 8, an all-female spin-off of his original Ocean’s trilogy. The heist film starred Rihanna as one of the eight main characters.

Steven Soderbergh directed Riley Keough in the comedy film Magic Mike (2012), the TV series The Girlfriend Experience (2016), and the heist comedy Logan Lucky (2017).

Steven Soderbergh was a producer and creative consultant on Oceans 8. He helped director Gary Ross develop the film’s concept with Sandra Bullock as the lead.

Steven Soderbergh directed Sharon Stone in the HBO interactive murder mystery Mosaic. Stone played Olivia Lake, a children’s book author whose murder is the series’ central mystery.

Steven Soderbergh watched Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” 28 times as a teenager. Soderbergh believed that what it takes to be a director was “embedded in that film.”

Steven Soderbergh is developing an untitled project inspired by Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concerts. He is deeply impressed with her large-scale productions and business model.

In a Roger Ebert film review of Temptation, Steven Soderbergh was compared to Tyler Perry. The reviewer noted that Perry’s prolific output makes Soderbergh “seem lazy by comparison.”

Steven Soderbergh is an American filmmaker known for his innovative storytelling and versatility across genres. He gained early recognition with Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), which helped launch the independent film movement of the 1990s. His career includes mainstream hits like Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and critically acclaimed films such as Traffic (2000) and Erin Brockovich (2000), both of which earned him Oscar nominations, with Traffic winning him Best Director. Soderbergh frequently experiments with cinematography, often serving as his director of photography under the pseudonym Peter Andrews. His work spans crime, drama, comedy, and experimental filmmaking, making him one of Hollywood’s most influential directors.