Editing Steven Soderbergh (section)

== Accolades ==
Soderbergh's entire filmography is [[Steven Soderbergh bibliography|routinely analyzed and debated]] by fans, critics, [[Film industry|film academics]], and other film directors.<ref name="Brody" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0187.xml|title=Steven Soderbergh – Cinema and Media Studies – Oxford Bibliographies – obo|work=Oxford University|access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref> His early work—particularly his 1989 film, ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]''—has been noted as foundational to the [[independent film]] movement.<ref name="Perez"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/01/how-steven-soderberghs-sex-lies-and-videotape-still-influences-sundance-after-25-years-31300/|title=How Steven Soderbergh's 'sex, lies and videotape' Still Influences Sundance After 25 Years|last=Axmaker|first=Sean|date=January 15, 2014|work=IndieWire|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sex-lies-and-videotape-1989 |title=sex, lies, and videotape Movie Review (1989) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=August 1, 1989 |website=www.rogerebert.com |access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> After directing his first film, Soderbergh's relative youth and sudden rise to prominence in the film industry had him referred to as a "sensation", a [[Child prodigy|prodigy]], and a [[Poster child|poster boy]] of the genre's generation.<ref name="rogerebert.suntimes.com2"/><ref name="Baron"/> In 2002, he was elected first Vice President of the [[Directors Guild of America]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Guild's National Board elects Martha Coolidge first woman president of DGA|date=March 9, 2002|publisher=Directors Guild of America|url=http://www.dga.org/news/pr_expand.php3?245|access-date=March 4, 2008|archive-date=November 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117033829/http://www.dga.org/news/pr_expand.php3?245|url-status=live}}</ref>

After screening ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'' at the 1989 [[Cannes Film Festival]], Soderbergh was given the festival's top award, the [[Palme d'Or]].<ref name=":3" /> At 26, he was the youngest solo director to win the award and second-youngest director after French directors [[Louis Malle]] and co-director [[Jacques Cousteau]] (Malle won it aged 23).<ref name="Canby2" /> For his script, Soderbergh received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[62nd Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |title=The 62nd Academy Awards |date=October 5, 2014 |access-date=January 23, 2021 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402002952/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Soderbergh was nominated twice for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for two separate films at the [[73rd Academy Awards]], the first occurrence of such an event since 1938. Apart from his first nomination (''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]''), he won the award for ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''.<ref name="Haygood"/> When the same thing happened at the [[Directors Guild of America]] Awards, the [[Associated Press]] called the category a "Soderbergh vs. Soderbergh" contest.<ref name="Germain"/>

For his work of ''Erin Brockovich'' and ''Traffic'', Soderbergh became one of the five directors (alongside [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Curtis Hanson]], [[David Fincher]], and [[Barry Jenkins]]) to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards ([[Los Angeles Film Critics Association|LAFCA]], [[National Board of Review|NBR]], [[New York Film Critics Circle|NYFCC]], [[National Society of Film Critics|NSFC]]).