FrameThrower · Actors · Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh
2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2001–2001
Born 14 January 1963 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system.
Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough, the indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film garnered worldwide commercial success, as well as numerous accolades. His next five films, which included King of the Hill (1993), were commercially unsuccessful.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2001–2001
- Academy Award for Best Director2001
- Palme d'Or1989
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special2013
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Director1990
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film2014
- Satellite Award for Best Director2001
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director2000
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director2000
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2000
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2000
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director2000
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film2000
How their films are shot
Measured across 124 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Steven takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Steven takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 124 frames from Steven Soderbergh's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.