Facts: - years active: 1984 -- present - caption: soderbergh film festival in 2009 , at the 66th venice international - birth name: steven andrew soderbergh - spouse: betsy brantley 1989 1994 jules asner 2003 - parents: peter andrew soderbergh mary ann bernard - birth date: 14 january 1963 - name: steven soderbergh - image: file : soderbergh cropped 2009.jpg - birth place: atlanta , georgia , u.s. - occupation: director , cinematographer , screenwriter , producer , editor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steven soderbergh .
steven andrew soderbergh -lrb- ; born january 14 , 1963 -rrb- is an american film producer , director , screenwriter , cinematographer and editor .his indie drama '' sex , lies , and videotape '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- won the palme d'or at the cannes film festival , and became a worldwide commercial success , making the then-26-year-old soderbergh the youngest director to win the festival 's top award .film critic roger ebert dubbed soderbergh the '' poster boy of the sundance generation . ''he is best known for directing critically acclaimed commercial hollywood films like the crime comedy '' out of sight '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , the biographical film '' erin brockovich '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , the crime drama film '' traffic '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , the 2001 remake of the comedy heist film '' ocean 's 11 '' , the medical thriller '' contagion '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and the comedy-drama '' magic mike '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .he has also directed smaller , less conventional works , such as the mystery thriller '' kafka '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- ; the experimental comedy film '' schizopolis '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , which has a non-linear narrative ; '' bubble '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , which uses no script and non-professional actors ; the experimental drama film '' the girlfriend experience '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , which starred the then-active pornographic actress sasha grey ; and the biopic about marxist revolutionary ernesto '' che '' guevara , '' che '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .