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Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) 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. He pivoted into more mainstream fare with the crime comedy Out of Sight (1998), the biopic Erin Brockovich (2000) and the crime drama Traffic (2000). For Traffic, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He found further popular and critical success with the Ocean's trilogy and film franchise (2001–18); Che (2008); The Informant! (2009); Contagion (2011); Haywire (2011); Magic Mike (2012); Side Effects (2013); Logan Lucky (2017); Unsane (2018); Let Them All Talk (2020); No Sudden Move (2021); and Kimi (2022). His film career spans a multitude of genres, but his specialties are psychological, crime and heist films. His films have grossed over US$2.2 billion worldwide and garnered fourteen Academy Award nominations, winning five. Soderbergh's films often revolve around familiar concepts which are regularly used for big-budget Hollywood movies, but he routinely employs an avant-garde arthouse approach. They center on themes of shifting personal identities, vengeance, sexuality, morality, and the human condition. His feature films are often distinctive in the realm of cinematography as a result of his having been influenced by avant-garde cinema, coupled with his use of unconventional film and camera formats. Many of Soderbergh's films are anchored by multi-dimensional storylines with plot twists, nonlinear storytelling, experimental sequencing, suspenseful soundscapes, and third-person vantage points. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Soderbergh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cienfuegos is an epic biographical drama that captures the spirit, idealism, and turmoil of the Cuban Revolution through the life of Camilo Cienfuegos, the iconic yet enigmatic rebel who won the hearts of a nation. Known for his humility, humor, and unshakable devotion to justice, Camilo rose to become one of Fidel Castro’s most trusted commanders, his influence rivaled only by that of Fidel himself. But while Castro and Guevara became international icons, Cienfuegos' life remains largely unsung beyond Cuba. The story follows Camilo from his early days as a young man troubled by poverty, through his involvement in the struggle against Batista’s oppressive regime, to his legendary role in leading troops at the Battle of Yaguajay, where his strategic brilliance and unrelenting courage turned the tide of the revolution. Against the backdrop of political tensions and ethical dilemmas, the film explores Camilo’s relationships, his philosophical convictions, and the conflicts he faced as he balanced the revolution's ideals with its often brutal realities.
