Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on the 14th
of January 1963. He is an American film producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer
and editor famous for directing movies like Erin Brokovich 2000, Traffic 2000,
Contagion 2011 and Magic Mike 2012. He has also edited well known movies like
The Psycho, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Social Network. He also produced
the indie drama Sex, Lies and Videotape 1989 which won him the Palm d’Or at the
Cannes Film Festival making the 26 year old Steven the youngest director to win
the festival’s top award. Steven is currently working on his film Logan Lucky,
set to release in August 2017 starring Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum and Riley
Keough.
Steven Soderbergh Religion
Steven has mentioned before in an interview that he
does not believe in god. Apart from this he has never said anything about the
religion or faith that he belongs to. From all that is said on the news and
tabloids about Steven, it is apparent that he is an atheist. His ancestry is Swedish
and Irish. His maternal grandparents were Italian immigrants.
Steven Soderbergh Political Views
Steven is not a Liberal as he did once peak about how
Liberal has become a dirty word in America that once changed the world for the
better but over the years has become a label that can tar people and their
ideas. He thinks that politics in America has is mostly fear based and that is
not how the people who drew the constitution would want it.
Who is he/she dating?
Steven is married to Jules Asner, a television personality
who also influences the female characters in his movies. She was married to
Mathew Asner before she got married to Steven in 2003. Steven was also married
to Betsy Brantley from 1989 to 2004. Steven has a daughter with Betsy.
Steven Soderbergh Hobbies
Making movies, directing, editing and writing
movies is the only hobby that Steven indulges in, even in his free time. Watching
movies made by other directors in order to learn more and also reading books that inspire him to make better movies in Hollywood.
Interesting Facts
He was one of the members of the jury at
the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
He directed short Super 8mm Films borrowing
equipment from the LSU students.
He is currently making the next Oceans
movie Oceans Eight set to release in 2018.
He was elected first vice president of the
Directors Guild of America in March 2002.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh#Views
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001752/?ref_=nv_sr_1
